scholarly journals Neural profiles of observing acceptance and rejection decisions in human mate choice copying

NeuroImage ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 117929
Author(s):  
Jin-Ying Zhuang ◽  
Jiajia Xie ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
Mingxia Fan ◽  
Stefan Bode
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Mate Choice Copying

Are males in a relationship flirted with more? Testing for mate choice copying in humans

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels van de Ven ◽  
Monique Maria Henriettte Pollmann ◽  
Rob Nelissen ◽  
Nadiya Sayenko
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Mate Choice Copying ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Absolute Measure ◽  
Cast Doubt

Ample anecdotal and some scientific evidence suggests that men who enter a relationship feel that they are flirted with more frequently than before they had a partner. This phenomenon has been interpreted as a form of mate choice copying; the idea that females prefer males that are in a relationship with another female. In two samples (N = 271 and N = 396) we replicate that people indicate that flirting increased after entering a relationship. However, on a more absolute measure (how often people feel they are flirted with), we did not find that those in a relationship felt to be flirted with more than those without one. Our findings cast doubt on the interpretation that ours (and similar) findings are support for mate choice copying, and we argue that alternative explanations should be considered.

Mate-Choice Copying as Bayesian Decision Making

2005 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Uehara ◽  
Yokomizo ◽  
Iwasa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mate Choice ◽  
Bayesian Decision ◽  
Mate Choice Copying ◽  
Bayesian Decision Making

Mate choice copying versus preference for actively displaying males by female pied flycatchers

1999 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
TORE SLAGSVOLD ◽  
HILDEGUNN VILJUGREIN
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Mate Choice Copying

The Disruption Hypothesis Does Not Explain Mate-Choice Copying in the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata )

Ethology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Alan Dugatkin ◽  
Matthew W. Druen ◽  
Jean-Guy J. Godin
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Poecilia Reticulata ◽  
Mate Choice Copying

scholarly journals Mate-choice copying: Status quo and where to go

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaudia Witte ◽  
Nina Kniel ◽  
Ilka Maria Kureck
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Sexual Ornaments ◽  
Mate Choice Copying ◽  
Current State ◽  
Choice Strategy ◽  
State Of Research

Abstract Mate-choice copying is a fascinating and widespread mate-choice strategy. Individuals gather public information about potential mates by observing others during sexual interactions and choose or reject the same individual as a mate as the observed individual did before. The influence of copying behavior on an individual’s mate choice can be so strong that socially acquired information can override genetically based preferences for certain phenotypes. Thus, mate-choice copying enforces dynamic processes in sexual selection. Here, we review the current state of research on mate-choice copying and focus on sex-specific aspects. We present evidence that mate-choice copying can support the evolution of novel sexual ornaments, and we discuss potential costs of mate-choice copying when public information is not reliable. Moreover, we discuss the conflict faced by males that copy since mate-choice copying increases sperm competition. In conclusion we suggest interesting topics for future research in mate-choice copying.

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