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Joshua M. Tybur is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans Psychology, Neuroscience, and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on interdisciplinary approaches within these fields. The scientist has published extensively in Psychology, with notable contributions also to Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology subfields.

Their research portfolio encompasses several specialized areas, including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science. Main research topics reflect a broad engagement with psychological phenomena, with a concentration on:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Joshua M. Tybur has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, reflecting ongoing research partnerships including:

  • Lei Fan
  • Tom R. Kupfer
  • Laura W. Wesseldijk
  • Patrick Jern
  • Çağla Çınar

The scientist publishes regularly in reputable venues associated with psychology and human behavior. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Evolution and Human Behavior
  • Psychological Science
  • Appetite
  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Food Quality and Preference

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Joshua M. Tybur are:

  • Behavioral Immune Trade-Offs: Interpersonal Value Relaxes Social Pathogen Avoidance, 2020, Psychological Science
  • What Role Does Pathogen-Avoidance Psychology Play in Pandemics?, 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Direct and indirect punishment of norm violations in daily life, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The multidimensional nature of food neophobia, 2021, Appetite
  • Is green the new sexy? Romantic of conspicuous conservation, 2020, Journal of Environmental Psychology

Best Publications

  • Going green to be seen: Status, reputation, and conspicuous conservation.

    Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua M. Tybur;Bram Van den Bergh

  • Microbes, mating, and morality: individual differences in three functional domains of disgust.

    Joshua M. Tybur;Debra Lieberman;Vladas Griskevicius

  • Disgust: Evolved Function and Structure

    Joshua M. Tybur;Debra Lieberman;Robert Kurzban;Peter DeScioli

  • Blatant benevolence and conspicuous consumption: When romantic motives elicit strategic costly signals.

    Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua M. Tybur;Jill M. Sundie;Robert B. Cialdini

  • The influence of mortality and socioeconomic status on risk and delayed rewards: a life history theory approach.

    Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua M. Tybur;Andrew W. Delton;Theresa E. Robertson

  • Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings

    Richard A. Klein;Michelangelo Vianello;Fred Hasselman;Byron G. Adams

  • Peacocks, Porsches, and Thorstein Veblen: Conspicuous Consumption as a Sexual Signaling System

    Jill M. Sundie;Douglas T. Kenrick;Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua M. Tybur

  • When the Economy Falters, Do People Spend or Save? Responses to Resource Scarcity Depend on Childhood Environments

    Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua M. Ackerman;Stephanie M. Cantú;Andrew W. Delton

  • Environmental Contingency in Life History Strategies: The Influence of Mortality and Socioeconomic Status on Reproductive Timing

    Vladas Griskevicius;Andrew W. Delton;Theresa E. Robertson;Joshua M. Tybur

  • Aggress to impress: hostility as an evolved context-dependent strategy.

    Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua M. Tybur;Steven W. Gangestad;Elaine F. Perea

  • Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lap-dancers: Economic evidence for human estrus?

    Geoffrey Miller;Joshua M. Tybur;Brent D. Jordan

  • The financial consequences of too many men: sex ratio effects on saving, borrowing, and spending.

    Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua M. Tybur;Joshua M. Ackerman;Andrew W. Delton

  • Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations

    Joshua M. Tybur;Yoel Inbar;Lene Aarøe;Pat Barclay

  • Functional Interdependence Theory: An Evolutionary Account of Social Situations.

    Daniel Balliet;Joshua M. Tybur;Paul A. M. Van Lange

  • Extending the Behavioral Immune System to Political Psychology: Are Political Conservatism and Disgust Sensitivity Really Related?:

    Joshua M. Tybur;Leslie A. Merriman;Ann E. Caldwell Hooper;Melissa M. McDonald

  • Disgust sensitivity, obesity stigma, and gender: contamination psychology predicts weight bias for women, not men.

    Debra L. Lieberman;Josh M. Tybur;Janet D. Latner

  • Disgust and Anger Relate to Different Aggressive Responses to Moral Violations.

    Catherine Molho;Joshua M. Tybur;Ezgi Güler;Daniel Balliet

  • Sex differences and sex similarities in disgust sensitivity

    Joshua M. Tybur;Angela D. Bryan;Debra Lieberman;Ann E. Caldwell Hooper

  • What Can Cross-Cultural Correlations Teach Us about Human Nature?

    Thomas V. Pollet;Joshua M. Tybur;Willem E. Frankenhuis;Ian J. Rickard

  • Direct and indirect punishment of norm violations in daily life.

    Catherine Molho;Joshua M. Tybur;Paul A. M. Van Lange;Daniel Balliet

  • Blatant Benevolence and Conspicuous Consumption: When Romantic Motives Elicit Strategic Costly Signals

    Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua Tybur;Jill Sundie

  • The financial consequences of too many men: Sex ratio effects on saving, borrowing, and spending.

    Vladas Griskevicius;Joshua M. Tybur;Andrew W. Delton;Theresa E. Robertson

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladas Griskevicius
Vladas Griskevicius University of Minnesota
Paul A. M. Van Lange
Paul A. M. Van Lange Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Daniel Balliet
Daniel Balliet Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Debra Lieberman
Debra Lieberman University of Miami
Reinout E. de Vries
Reinout E. de Vries Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Joshua M. Ackerman
Joshua M. Ackerman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Benedict C. Jones
Benedict C. Jones University of Strathclyde
Mark van Vugt
Mark van Vugt Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Patrick Jern
Patrick Jern Åbo Akademi University
Lisa M. DeBruine
Lisa M. DeBruine University of Glasgow

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