In Mating Intelligence Unleashed, psychologists Geher and Kaufman take readers on a fascinating tour of the crossroads of mating and intelligence, drawing on cutting-edge research on evolutionary psychology, intelligence, creativity, personality, social psychology, neuroscience, and more. The authors show that despite what you may read in the latest issue of Maxim, Playboy, Vogue, or GQ, physical attractiveness isn’t the whole story. Human mating draws on a range of mental skills and attributes–from the creative use of pick-up lines, to displays of charisma, intelligence, humor, personality, and compassion. Along the way, the authors shed new light on age-old questions, such as: What role does personality play in mating? Which traits are attractive–and which traits repulse? How do people really choose mates? How do men and women deceive each other? How important is emotional intelligence? Why do people create art–and does it have anything to do with sex? Do nice guys really finish last?
Reviews
“Like a peer-reviewed version of ‘The Game’, this geeky treatise mines evolutionary and experimental psychology to help readers ‘succeed in their own mating-relevant goals.'” The authors’ broad test of ‘mating intelligence,’ originally devised as a magazine quiz, measures both desirable traits like creativity and kindness, and relationship skills like empathy, lie-detection… and even a bit of deception.”
– New York Times Science Times
“A lively, copiously researched treatise”
– Nature
“Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The Role of the Mind in Sex, Dating, and Love, by psychologists Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman, is a compendium of cutting-edge research into what makes people tick, romantically and sexually.”
– NY Post
“Recommended to readers interested in evolutionary psychology and human sexuality.”
– Library Journal