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Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: Before you held your speed-dating event, you had participants state how much appearance, personality and earning potential would matter in deciding whether they wanted to see someone again.More women said earning prospects were important in an ideal romantic partner, and more men said beauty. Pair-bonded relationships and romantic alternatives: Toward an integration of evolutionary and relationship science perspectives. Desirable but not smart: Preference for smarter romantic partners impairs women’s STEM outcomes. [Download Article]Vacharkulksemsuk, V., Reit, E., Khambatta, P., Eastwick, P. Video: Speed-dating and the social relations model [Download Article] [OSF Data Files and Scripts]Finkel, E. “Going Out” of the Box: Close intercultural relationships spark creativity, workplace innovation, and entrepreneurship. [Download Article] [OSF Preregistration]2016 Durante, K.

Finkel: There was a disconnect between what they said they wanted and what they actually wanted.They corralled 350 college students into 15 speed dating events for their study.Participants went on 4 minute “speed dates” with approximately 12 opposite-sex individuals during each event.We’ve long been told that women are more selective when it comes to the men they choose to date.But what if at least a part of that selectivity is due simply to environmental factors and social norms — factors that could be easily manipulated?