Roney, J. R., Simmons, Z. L., Mei, M., Grillot, R. L., & Emery Thompson, M. (2025). Decreased sexual motivation during the human implantation window. Evolution and Human Behavior, 46, 106761. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1090-5138(25)00110-2
Catena, T., Crewther, B. T., Eisenbruch, A. B., Grillot, R. L., Maestripieri, D., & Roney, J. R. (2024). Day-to-day associations between testosterone, sexual desire, and courtship efforts in young men. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 291, 20241508. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1508
Gupta, G., Simmons, Z. L., & Roney, J. R. (2024). Hormonal and cycle phase predictors of within-women shifts in self-perceived attractiveness: Tests of alternative functional models. Hormones and Behavior, 164, 105602. Â https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105602
Roney, J. R., Mei, M., Grillot, R. L., & Emery Thompson, M. (2023). No effects of exposure to women’s fertile window body scents on men’s hormonal and psychological responses. Evolution and Human Behavior, 44(4), 305-314. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1090-5138(23)00030-2Â
Marcinkowska, U., Shirazi, T., Mijas, M., & Roney, J. R. (2023). Hormonal underpinnings of the variation in sexual desire, arousal and activity throughout the menstrual cycle – a multifaceted approach. The Journal of Sex Research, 60, 1297-303. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2022.2110558Â
Crewther, B. T., Hecht, M., Grillot, R. L., Eisenbruch, A. B., Catena, T., Potts, N., Kilduff, L. P., Cook, C. J., Maestripieri, D., & Roney, J. R. (2023). Day-to-day coordination of the stress and reproductive axes: a continuous-time analysis of within-person testosterone and cortisol relationships in athletic and healthy men. Physiology & Behavior, 263, 114104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114104Â
Arslan, R. C., Blake, K., Botzet, L. J., Burkner, P.C., DeBruine, L., Fiers, T., Grebe, N., Hahn, A., Jones, B. C., Marcinkowska, U. M., Mumford, S. L., Penke, L., Roney, J. R., Schisterman, E. F., & Stern, J. (2023). Not within spitting distance: salivary immunoassays of estradiol have subpar validity for cycle phase. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 149, 105994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105994Â
Roney, J. R. (2023). Hormones and human mating. In D. M. Buss (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of human mating (pp. 667-699). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pdf [received Don Symons Adaptationism Award]
Mei, M., Grillot, R. L., Abbey, C. K., Emery Thompson, M., & Roney, J. R. (2022). Does scent attractiveness reveal women’s ovulatory timing? Evidence from signal detection analyses and endocrine predictors of odor attractiveness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 289, 0220026. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0026
van der Meij, L., Pulopulos, M. M., Hidalgo, V. Almela, M., Lila, M., Roney, J. R., & Salvador, A. (2022). Hormonal changes of intimate partner violence perpetrators to brief social contact with women. Aggressive Behavior, 48, 30-39. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ab.21995Â
Roney, J. R. (2021). Carole Hooven, Review of T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 9, 470-473. academic.oup.com/emph/article/9/1/470/6459644Â
Roney, J. R., Gupta, G., & Mei, M. (2021). Progesterone. In A. Lykins (Ed.), Encyclopedia of sexuality and gender. Springer, Cham.Â
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59531-3_6-1Â pdf
Eisenbruch, A. B., & Roney, J. R. (2020). Social taste buds: Evidence of evolved same-sex friend preferences from a policy-capturing study. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6, 195-206. pdf
Roney, J. R. (2019). Evolutionary perspectives on hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women. Current Sexual Health Reports, 11, 243-250. pdf
Roney, J. R. (2019). On the use of log transformations when testing hormonal predictors of cycle phase shifts: Commentary on Gangestad, Dinh, Grebe, Del Giudice, and Emery Thompson (2019). Evolution and Human Behavior, 40, 526-530. pdf
Eisenbruch, A. B., Grillot, R. L., & Roney, J. R. (2019). Why be generous? Tests of the partner choice and threat premium models of resource division. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 5, 274-296. pdf
Catena, T. M., Simmons, Z. L., & Roney, J. R. (2019). Do women’s faces become more attractive near ovulation? Hormones and Behavior, 115, 104560. pdf
Conroy-Beam, D., Roney, J. R., Lukaszewski, A. W., et al. (2019). Assortative mating and the evolution of desirability covariation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40, 479-491. [Received Margo Wilson Award] www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513818303155Â
Shirazi, T. N., Jones, B. C., Roney, J. R., DeBruine, L., & Puts, D. A. (2019). Conception risk affects in-pair and extrapair desire similarly: a comment on Shimoda et al. (2018). Behavioral Ecology, 30, e6-e7. pdf
Roney, J. R. (2018). Functional roles of gonadal hormones in human pair bonding and sexuality. In O. C. Schultheiss & P. H. Mehta (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology (pp. 239-255). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pdf Â
Roney, J. R. (2018). Hormonal mechanisms and the optimal use of luteinizing hormone tests in human menstrual cycle research. Hormones and Behavior, 106, A7-A9. pdf
Eisenbruch, A. B., Lukaszewski, A. W., Simmons, Z. L., Arai, S., & Roney, J. R. (2018). Why the wide face? Androgen receptor gene polymorphism does not predict men's facial width-to-height ratio. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 4, 138-151. pdf
Eisenbruch, A. B., & Roney, J. R. (2017). The skillful and the stingy: partner choice decisions and fairness intuitions suggest human adaptation for a biological marketplace of cooperators. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 3, 364-378. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Higham, J. P. (2017). Synthesizing research on field endocrinology of nonhuman primates and humans. Hormones and Behavior, 91, 1-2. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Simmons, Z. L. (2017). Ovarian hormone fluctuations predict within-cycle shifts in women's food intake. Hormones and Behavior, 90, 8-14. pdf
Eisenbruch, A. B., Lukaszewski, A. W., & Roney, J. R. (2017). It is not all about mating: attractiveness predicts partner value across multiple relationship domains. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40. doi:10.1017/S0140525X16000479
Eisenbruch, A. B., Grillot, R. L., Maestripieri, D., & Roney, J. R. (2016). Evidence of partner choice heuristics in a one-shot bargaining game. Evolution and Human Behavior, 37, 429-439. pdf [Received Margo Wilson Award]
Roney, J. R. (2016). Theoretical frameworks for human behavioral endocrinology. Hormones and Behavior, 84, 97-110. pdf
Eisenbruch, A. B., & Roney, J. R. (2016). Conception risk and the ultimatum game: when fertility is high, women demand more. Personality and Individual Differences, 98, 272- 274. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Simmons, Z. L. (2016). Within-cycle fluctuations in progesterone negatively predict changes in both in-pair and extra-pair desire among partnered women. Hormones and Behavior, 81, 45-52. pdf
Lukaszewski, A. W., Simmons, Z. L., Anderson, C., & Roney, J. R. (2016). The role of physical formidability in human social status allocation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, 385-406. pdf
Roney, J. R. (2016). Evolutionary psychology and endocrinology. In D. M. Buss (Ed.), The handbook of evolutionary psychology (pp. 1067-1083). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. pdf
Roney, J. R., Lukaszewski, A. W., Simmons, Z. L., Eisenbruch, A. B., & Grillot, R. L. (2015). A between-women account of cycle phase shifts is probably wrong: comment on Havlicek et al. Behavioral Ecology, 26, 1264-1265. pdf
Eisenbruch, A. B., Simmons, Z. L., & Roney, J. R. (2015). Lady in red: Hormonal predictors of women's clothing choices. Psychological Science, 26, 1332-1338. pdf
Lukaszewski, A. W., & Roney, J. R. (2015). Reactive heritability of extraversion: where do we stand? Evolution and Human Behavior, 36, 420-422. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Gettler, L. T. (2015). The role of testosterone in human romantic relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 81-86. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Simmons, Z. L. (2015). Elevated psychological stress predicts reduced estradiol concentrations in young women. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 1, 30-40. pdf
Roney, J. R. (2015). An evolutionary functional analysis of the hormonal predictors of women's sexual motivation. In T. K. Shackelford & R. D. Hansen (Eds.), The evolution of sexuality (pp. 99-121). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. pdf
Lukaszewski, A. W., Larson, C. M., Gildersleeve, K. L., Roney, J. R., & Haselton, M. G. (2014). Condition-dependent calibration of men's uncommitted mating orientation: evidence from multiple samples. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35, 319-326. pdf
Grillot, R. L., Simmons, Z. L., Lukaszewski, A. W., & Roney, J. R. (2014). Hormonal and morphological predictors of women's body attractiveness. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35, 176-183. pdf
Lukaszewski, A. W., Roney, J. R., Mills, M. E., & Bernard, L. C. (2013). At the interface of social cognition and psychometrics: Manipulating the sex of the reference class modulates sex differences in personality traits. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 953-957. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Simmons, Z. L. (2013). Hormonal predictors of sexual motivation in natural menstrual cycles. Hormones and Behavior, 63, 636-645. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Simmons, Z. L. (2012). Men smelling women: Null effects of exposure to ovulatory sweat on men's testosterone. Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 703-713. pdf
Simmons, Z. L., & Roney, J. R. (2011). Variation in CAG repeat length of the androgen receptor gene predicts variables associated with intrasexual competitiveness in human males. Hormones and Behavior, 60, 306-312. pdf
Roney, J. R., Simmons, Z. L., & Gray, P. B. (2011). Changes in estradiol predict within-women shifts in attraction to facial cues of men's testosterone. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36, 742-749. pdf
Lukaszewski, A. W., & Roney, J. R. (2011). The origins of extraversion: Joint effects of facultative calibration and genetic polymorphism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 409-421. pdf
Lukaszewski, A. W., & Roney, J. R. (2010). Kind toward whom? Mate preferences for personality traits are target specific. Evolution and Human Behavior, 31, 29-38. pdf
Roney, J. R., Simmons, Z. L., & Lukaszewski, A. W. (2010). Androgen receptor gene sequence and basal cortisol concentrations predict men's hormonal responses to potential mates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 277, 57-63. pdf
Lukaszewski, A. W., & Roney, J. R. (2009). Estimated hormones predict women's mate preferences for dominant personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 191-196. pdf
Roney, J. R. (2009). The role of sex hormones in the initiation of human mating relationships. In P. T. Ellison & P. B. Gray (Eds.), The endocrinology of social relationships (pp. 246-269). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pdf
Simmons, Z. L., & Roney, J. R. (2009). Androgens and energy allocation: Quasi-experimental evidence for effects of influenza vaccination on men's testosterone. American Journal of Human Biology, 21, 133-135. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Simmons, Z. L. (2008). Women's estradiol predicts preference for facial cues of men's testosterone. Hormones and Behavior, 53, 14-19. pdf
Roney, J. R., Lukaszewski, A. W., & Simmons, Z. L. (2007). Rapid endocrine responses of young men to social interactions with young women. Hormones and Behavior, 52, 326-333. pdf
Roney, J. R., Hanson, K. N., Durante, K. M., & Maestripieri, D. (2006). Reading men's faces: women's mate attractiveness judgments track men's testosterone and interest in infants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 273, 2169-2175. pdf
Maestripieri, D., & Roney, J. R. (2006). Evolutionary developmental psychology: Contributions from comparative research with nonhuman primates. Developmental Review, 26, 120-137. pdf
Maestripieri, D., & Roney, J. R. (2005). Primate copulation calls and post-copulatory female choice. Behavioral Ecology, 16, 106-113. pdf
Roney, J. R. (2005). On fertile ground: A natural history of human reproduction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 364-366.
Roney, J. R., & Maestripieri, D. (2004). Relative digit lengths predict men's behavior and attractiveness during social interactions with women. Human Nature, 15, 271-282. pdf
Maestripieri, D., Roney, J. R., DeBias, N., Durante, K. M., & Spaepen, G. M. (2004). Father absence, menarche, and interest in infants among adolescent girls. Developmental Science, 7, 560-566. pdf
Roney, J. R., Whitham, J. C., Leoni, M., Bellem, A., Wielebnowski, N., & Maestripieri, D. (2004). Relative digit lengths and testosterone levels in Guinea baboons. Hormones and Behavior, 45, 285-290. pdf
Roney, J. R., Mahler, S. V., & Maestripieri, D. (2003). Behavioral and hormonal responses of men to brief interactions with women. Evolution and Human Behavior, 24, 365- 375. pdf
Roney, J. R., & Maestripieri, D. (2003). Social development and affiliation. In D. Maestripieri (Ed.), Primate psychology: The mind and behavior of human and non-human primates (pp. 171-204). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Roney, J. R. (2003). Effects of visual exposure to the opposite sex: Cognitive aspects of mate attraction in human males. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 393- 404. pdf
Roney, J. R. (2002). Likeable but unlikely: A review of the Mating Mind. Psycoloquy, 13 (10), 1-5. http://www.cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?13.010
Roney, J. R., & Maestripieri, D. (2002). The importance of comparative and phylogenetic analyses in the study of adaptation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25, 525.
Roney, J. R., & Wolfe, R. N. (2000). Paths after high school. In M. Csikszentmihalyi & B. Schneider (Eds.), Becoming adult: How teenagers prepare for the world of work (pp. 199-212). New York: Basic Books.
Roney, J. R. (1999). Distinguishing adaptations from by-products. American Psychologist, 54, 435-436.