Yardum, L., Singh, M., Glowacki, L., Vardy, T., Atkinson, Q. D., Hilton, C. B., Souter, D., Krasnow, M. M., Mehr, S. A. (2023). Universal interpretations of vocal music. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(37), e2218593120. (PDF)
Linder, M., Krasnow, M. M. (2022). Indirect Intergroup Bargaining: An Evolutionary Psychological Theory of Microaggression. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 8(4), 478-492. (PDF)
Eisenbruch, A., Krasnow, M. M. (2022). Why warmth matters more than competence: New evolutionary models. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(6), 1604-1623. (PDF)
Hilton, C.B., Moser, C.J, Bertolo, M., Lee-Ruben, H., Amir, D., Bainbridge, C.M… Krasnow, M.M., & Mehr, S. A. (2022) Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures. Nature Human Behavior, 6(11), 1545-1556. (PDF)
Mehr, S. A., Krasnow, M. M., Bryant, G. A, Hagen, E. A. (2021). Origins of music in credible signaling. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, E60. *Full PDF of Mehr et al. & Savage et al. with Commentary* (PDF)
Young, N. R., La Rosa, M., Mehr, S. A., Krasnow, M. M. (2020). Does greater morning sickness predict carrying a girl? Analysis of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy from retrospective report. Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1-6. (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Howard, R. M., Eisenbruch, A. (2020). The Importance of Being Honest?: Evidence that Deception Does Not Pollute the Subject Pool. Behavioral Research Methods, 52(3) 1175-1188. (PDF)
Mehr, S. A., Singh, M., Knox, D., Lucas, C., Ketter, D., Pickens-Jones, D., … Krasnow, M. M., Glowacki, L. (2019). Universality and diversity in human song. Science, 366(6468): eaax0868. (PDF)
Kotler, J., Mehr, S. A., Egner, A., Haig, D., Krasnow, M. M. (2019). Response to music in Angelman syndrome contrasts with Prader-Willi syndrome. Evolution & Human Behavior, 40(5) 420-426. (PDF)
Mehr, S. A., Singh, M., York, H. W., Glowacki, L., Krasnow, M. M. (2018). Form and function in human song. Current Biology, 28(3) 356-368. (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M. (2017). An evolutionarily informed study of moral psychology. In B. Voyer & T. Tarantola (Eds.) Moral Psychology: A Multidisciplinary Guide. Springer USA (PDF)
Delton, A. W., Krasnow, M. M. (2017). The psychology of deterrence explains why group membership matters for third-party punishment. Evolution & Human Behavior, 38(6), 734-743. (PDF)
Mehr, S. A., Krasnow, M. M. (2017). Parent-offspring conflict and the evolution of infant-directed song. Evolution & Human Behavior, 38(5), 674-684. (PDF)
Mehr, S. A., Kotler, J., Howard, R. M., Haig, D., Krasnow, M. M. (2017). Genomic imprinting is implicated in the psychology of music. Psychological Science, 28(10), 1455-1467. (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Truxaw, D., T. (2017) The Adaptationist Program. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, 1-3.
Krasnow, M. M. (2016). Ultrasociality without group selection: possible, reasonable, and likely. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, e104.(PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Delton, A. W. (2016) Are humans too generous and too punitive? Using psychological principles to further debates about human social evolution. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(799). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00799 (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Delton, A. W., Cosmides, L., Tooby, J. (2016). Looking under the hood of third-party punishment reveals design for personal benefit. Psychological Science. 27(3), 405. (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Delton, A. W. (2016). The sketch is blank: No evidence for an explanatory role for cultural group selection. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, e43 (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Delton, A. W., Cosmides, L., Tooby, J. (2015). Group cooperation without group selection: Modest punishment can recruit much cooperation. PLoS One. 10(4), e0124561. (PDF)
Delton A. W., Krasnow, M. M. (2015). Adaptationist Approaches to Moral Psychology. In J. Decety & T. Wheatley (Eds.), The Moral Brain. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (PDF)
Delton, A. W., Krasnow, M. M. (2014) An independent replication that the evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty explains one-shot cooperation: commentary on Zefferman. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(6), 547-548. (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Delton, A. W., Tooby, J. Cosmides, L. (2013). Meeting now suggests we will meet again: Implications for debates on the evolution of cooperation. Scientific Reports, 3, 1747. (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Cosmides, L., Pedersen, E., Tooby, J. (2012). What are punishment and reputation for? PLoS One, 7(9), e45662. (PDF)
Delton, A. W, Krasnow, M. M., Tooby, J., Cosmides, L. (2011). The evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty can explain human generosity in one-shot encounters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108(32), 13335-13340. (PDF)
Krasnow, M. M., Truxaw, D., Gaulin, S. J. C., New, J., Ozono, H., Uono, S., Ueno, T., Minamoto, K. (2011). Cognitive adaptations for gathering-related navigation in humans. Evolution & Human Behavior, 32(1), 1-12. (PDF)
Delton, A. W, Krasnow, M. M., Tooby, J., Cosmides, L. (2011). Reply to McNally and Tanner: Generosity evolves when cooperative decisions must be made under uncertainty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108(44), E971. (PDF)
Delton, A. W, Krasnow, M. M., Tooby, J., Cosmides, L. (2010). Evolution of fairness: Revisiting the data. Science, 329(5990), 389.
Krasnow, M. M. (2010) Gathering Navigation Theory: Adaptations for Gathering-Related Spatial Cognition in Humans. (Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010).
Krasnow, M. M., Truxaw, D., New, J., Gaulin, S. J. C. (2007). Response to Brumfiel et al.’s Shopping for explanations. Science, 318 (5851), 745b.
New, J., Krasnow, M. M., Truxaw, D., Gaulin, S. J. C. (2007). Spatial adaptations for plant foraging: women excel and calories count. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, 274 (1626), 2679-2684. (PDF)
Truxaw, D., Krasnow, M., Woods, C., & German, T.P. (2006). Conditions under which function information attenuates name extension via shape. Psychological Science, 17 (5), 367-371. (PDF)