Dr. Marco A. C. Varella
@marcovarella.bsky.social
Biologist, researcher in evolutionary psychology, educator, science writer & editor. Evolutionary perspectives on aesthetics, arts, music, mating, sexual strategies, personality, twinning, anthropomorphism, COVID-19 pandemic, chronotype, & climate crisis🇧🇷
1) We’ve just published a commentary in Archives of Sexual Behavior: "Mapping the Conceptual Terrain: Avoiding Common Conflations. A Tentative Guide to Fruitful Discussion about Sexes and Genders."
A thread on why clarity is crucial.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
A thread on why clarity is crucial.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
Mapping the Conceptual Terrain Avoiding Common Conflations: Tentative Guide to Fruitful Discussion about Sexes and Genders - Archives of Sexual Behavior
Archives of Sexual Behavior -
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
1) We’ve just published a commentary in Archives of Sexual Behavior: "Mapping the Conceptual Terrain: Avoiding Common Conflations. A Tentative Guide to Fruitful Discussion about Sexes and Genders."
A thread on why clarity is crucial.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
A thread on why clarity is crucial.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
Nice cover of our research on sexual selection and creativity beringinmind.substack.com/p/need-an-or...
Need an Original Idea? Ask an Ovulating Woman
Boosts in female creativity occur during the fertile window.
beringinmind.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Nice cover of our research on sexual selection and creativity beringinmind.substack.com/p/need-an-or...
4 thousand reasons to keep on sciencing!!!
August 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
4 thousand reasons to keep on sciencing!!!
Reposted by Dr. Marco A. C. Varella
1/ 🌍 New paper alert: "Not evolved to save the planet, yet capable to promote pro-environmental action leveraging human nature" by @marcovarella.bsky.social and others, incl. me
This study challenges how we think about sustainability & human nature. A 🧵on what it says and why it matters👇
This study challenges how we think about sustainability & human nature. A 🧵on what it says and why it matters👇
July 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
1/ 🌍 New paper alert: "Not evolved to save the planet, yet capable to promote pro-environmental action leveraging human nature" by @marcovarella.bsky.social and others, incl. me
This study challenges how we think about sustainability & human nature. A 🧵on what it says and why it matters👇
This study challenges how we think about sustainability & human nature. A 🧵on what it says and why it matters👇
In Study 1 n=483 & 2 n=494, we found modest effects of mating context on creativity. Men were more flexible/original, women more fluent/self-promotional. Sexual arousal reduced women’s creativity in long-term mate selection. Effects were small, replication needed journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Influence of Mating Context on Creativity: Insights from Simulated Dating Scenarios - Katarzyna Galasinska, Aleksandra Szymkow, Marco Antonio Correa Varella, 2025
Creativity offers both survival and reproductive benefits, being a desirable trait in potential mates and linked to fertility and sexuality. We investigated whe...
journals.sagepub.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In Study 1 n=483 & 2 n=494, we found modest effects of mating context on creativity. Men were more flexible/original, women more fluent/self-promotional. Sexual arousal reduced women’s creativity in long-term mate selection. Effects were small, replication needed journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...