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Norman Li, MBA, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology

Singapore Mangement University

School of Social Sciences

 

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Cooperation

Balliet, D., Li, N. P., & Macfarlan, S. J., VanVugt, M. (2011). Sex differences in cooperation: A meta-analytic review of social dilemmas. Psychological Bulletin, 137, 881-909.

Dynamical systems

Kenrick, D. T., Li, N. P., & Butner, J. (2003). Dynamical evolutionary psychology: Individual decision rules and emergent social norms. Psychological Review, 110, 3-28.

Kenrick, D. T., Maner, J., Butner, J., Li, N. P., Becker, D. V., & Schaller, M. (2002). Dynamical evolutionary psychology: Mapping the domains of the new interactionist paradigm. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 347-356.

Necessities vs. Luxuries – The budget allocation and screening programs can be used to test tradeoffs and priorities in any domain.

Li, N. P., Valentine, K. A., & Patel, L. (2011). Mate preferences in the U.S. and Singapore: A cross-cultural test of the mate preference priority model. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 291-294.

Cottrell, C. A., Neuberg, S. L., & Li, N. P. (2007). What do people desire in others? A sociofunctional perspective on the importance of different valued characteristics. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 208-231.

Li, N. P. (2007). Intelligent priorities: Adaptive long- and short-term mate preferences. In G. Geher, & G. Miller (Eds.), Mating Intelligence: Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive System. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Li, N. P. (2007). Mate preference necessities in long- and short-term mating: People prioritize in themselves what their mates prioritize in them. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 39, 528-535. (Special issue on evolutionary psychology).

Li, N. P., & Kenrick, D. T. (2006). Sex similarities and differences in preferences for short-term mates: What, whether, and why. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 468-489.

Li, N. P., Bailey, J. M., Kenrick, D. T., & Linsenmeier, J. A. W. (2002). The necessities and luxuries of mate preferences: Testing the tradeoffs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 947-955.

Economics

Kenrick, D. T., Griskevicius, V., Sundie, J. M., Li, N. P., Li, J. Y., & Neuberg, S. L. (2009). Deep rationality: The evolutionary economics of decision making. Social Cognition, 27, 764-785.

Ovulation and hormones

Durante, K. M., Griskevicius, V., Hill, S. E., Perilloux, C., & Li, N. P. (2011). Ovulation, Female Competition, and Product Choice: Hormonal Influences on Consumer Behavior. Journal of Consumer Research, 37, 921-934.

Durante, K. M., & Li, N. P. (2009). Oestradiol level and opportunistic mating in women. Biology Letters, 5, 179-182.

Durante, K. M., Li, N. P., & Haselton, M. G. (2008). Changes in women’s choice of dress across the ovulatory cycle: Naturalistic and experimental evidence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1451-1460.

Mating strategies and related

Jonason, P. K., Li, N. P., & Madson, L. (2012). It is not all about the Benjamins: Understanding preferences for mates with resources. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 306-310.

Li, N. P., & Sng, O.*, & Jonason, P. K.* (2012). Sexual conflict in mating strategies. In A. T. Goetz & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Sexual Conflict in Humans.

Ackerman, J. M., Griskevicius, V., & Li, N. P. (2011). Let’s get serious: Communicating commitment in romantic relationship formation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 1079-1094.

Jonason, P. K., Valentine, K. A., Li, N. P., & Harbeson, C. L. (2011). Mate-selection and the Dark Triad: Facilitating a short-term mating strategy and creating a volatile environment. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 759-763.

Li, N. P., Patel, L., Balliet, D., Tov, W., & Scollon, C. N.  (2011). The Incompatibility of Materialism and the Desire for Children: Psychological Insights Into the Fertility Discrepancy Among Modern Countries. Social Indicators Research, 101, 391-404.

Jonason, P. K., Li, N. P., & Buss, D. M. (2010). The costs and benefits of the Dark Triad:  Implications for mate poaching and mate retention tactics. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 373-378.

Jonason, P. K., Li, N. P., & Cason, M. J. (2009). The “booty call”: A compromise between men and women’s ideal mating strategies. Journal of Sex Research, 46, 1-11.

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Jonason, P. K., Li, N. P., & Richardson, J. (2010). Positioning the booty call on the spectrum of relationships: Sexual but more emotional than one-night stands. Journal of Sex Research, 47, 1-10.

Jonason, P. K., Li, N. P., & Teicher, E. A. (2010). Who is James Bond? The Dark Triad as an agentic social style. Individual Differences Research, 8, 111-120.

Swami, V., Frederick, D. A., ..., Li, N. P., ... (2010). The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions: Results of the International Body Project I. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 309-325.

Jonason, P. K., Li, N. P., Webster, G. D., & Schmitt, D. P. (2009). The Dark Triad: Facilitating a short-term mating strategy in men. European Journal of Personality, 23, 5-18.

Li, N. P., Griskevicius, V., Durante, K. M., Jonason, P. K., Pasisz, D. J., & Aumer, K. (2009). An evolutionary perspective on humor: Sexual selection or interest indication? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 923-936.

Li, N. P., Halterman, R. A., Cason, M. J., Knight, G. P., & Maner, J. K. (2008). The stress-affiliation paradigm revisited: Do people prefer the kindness of strangers or their attractiveness? Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 382-391.

Roese, N. J., Pennington, G. L., Coleman, J., Janicki, M., Li, N. P., & Kenrick, D. T. (2006). Sex Differences in Regret: All For Love? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 770-780.

Eating disorders

Smith, A. R.*, Li, N. P., & Joiner, T. (2011). The pursuit of success: Can status aspirations negatively affect body satisfaction? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 531-547.

Li, N. P., Smith, A. R., Griskevicius, V., Cason, M. J., & Bryan, A. (2010). Intrasexual Competition and Eating Restriction in Heterosexual and Homosexual Individuals. Evolution and Human Behavior, 365-372.