We are located in the Psychology Department at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, USA. Headed by Dr. Lisa Welling, this lab focuses on factors that affect person perception, individual differences in preferences, hormone-mediated behavior, evolutionary approaches to mate choice, and other aspects of human relationships.
In addition to internal funding sources, our research has been funded by the NSERC (Canada), the ESRC (UK), the ORSAS (UK), and the AIB (USA). Like us on Facebook!
Recent Lab News:
4-7 July, 2018 >> Lisa Welling, Justin Mogilski, and Jenna Lunge will be presenting their work at the annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
13 June, 2018 >> Congratulations to Ginny Mitchell on successfully defending her MS thesis!
7 June, 2018 >> Congratulations to Kayla Shephard on successfully proposing her MS thesis!
27 May, 2018 >> Dr. Welling and former lab member Anna Wysocki presented posters at the annual American Psychological Society meeting in San Francisco, CA.
30 April, 2018 >> Congratulations to our Postdoc and former graduate student, Dr. Justin Mogilski, on accepting a tenure-track position at the University of South Carolina, Salkehatchie!
18 April, 2018 >> Ginny Mitchell and Jenna Lunge presented posters at the Evolutionary Perspectives on Death conference in Rochester, MI.
16 April, 2018 >> We are pleased to announce that Rich Holler will be joining our lab this coming September. Welcome, Rich!
11 April, 2018 >> Dr. Welling was awarded the 2018 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award today at the Founders Day Luncheon!
22 March, 2018 >> Congratulations to Jenna Lunge, on being accepted into the Ph.D. program at Oakland University!
14 March, 2018 >> Congratulations to Jenna Lunge, who successfully defended her M.S. thesis today!
8 March, 2018 >> Dr. Welling has been awarded the University Research Counsel's Research Grant valued at $1,200 to fund hormonal assays.
27 February, 2018 >> Today Ginny Mitchell and Jenna Lunge presented their M.S. thesis work at the Psychology Department's Lunch Bunch talks. Great work, Ginny and Jenna!
8 February, 2018 >> Congratulations to Dr. Justin Mogilski on being the Department of Psychology's nominee for the Outstanding Dissertation Award!
1 February, 2018 >> Dr. Welling has been awarded the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award! Huge thank you to the nominating graduate students and to all lab graduate students (past and present) for being such a wonderful group to work with!
29 January, 2018 >> A collaborative paper, titled "An evolutionary perspective on intergroup dating bias" has been accepted for publication in Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology! This paper by Samantha Brindley, Melissa McDonald, Lisa Welling, and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, is Samantha Brindley's first first-authored paper. Congratulations, Samantha!
16 January, 2018 >> Our paper, "Do Men Produce Higher-Quality Ejaculates When Primed with Thoughts of Partner Infidelity?" has been accepted for publication in Evolutionary Psychology! This paper was a collaboration between three labs. The study authors are Michael N. Pham, Nicole Barbaro, Andrew M. Holub, Christopher J. Holden, Justin K. Mogilski, Guilherme S. Lopes, Sylis C. A. Nicolas, Yael Sela, Todd K. Shackelford, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, and Lisa L. M. Welling.
22 November, 2017 >> Simon Reeve and Jenna Lunge presented a talk titled "Evolutionary Approaches to Mate Choice and Hormone-mediated Behavior" for Psi Chi.
15 September, 2017 >> Our chapter titled "Stress hormones, physiology, and behavior" by Mogilski, Wysocki, Reeve, Mitchell, Lunge, and Welling has been accepted for inclusion in The Oxford Handbook on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology.
22 August, 2017 >>Mogilski & Welling (2016) has been covered by the New York Post.
7 August, 2017 >>Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling, who was officially promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!
3 August, 2017>> Reeve, Kelly, & Welling (2016) has been covered by PsyPost andMedical Daily.
28 June, 2017>> Our paper by Welling and colleagues, titled Sexual dimorphism effects upon neurophysiological correlates of face processing in women, has been accepted for publication by Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 3 June, 2017 >> Justin Mogilski presented his work on jealousy differences between those in consensually non-monogamous relationships versus monogamous relationships at the annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society meeting in Boise, Idaho.
2 June, 2017 >> Sarah Donaldson's work on hormone replacement therapy with Lisa Welling and Simon Reeve has been covered by HuffPost.
5 May, 2017 >> We're happy to announce that Kayla Shephard has accepted a M.S. position in our lab starting Autumn, 2017. Welcome, Kayla!
26 April, 2017 >> Congratulations to Jenna Lunge on successfully proposing her M.S. thesis research!
22 April, 2017 >> Today, lab members showed their support for science at the Ann Arbor (Michigan), Detroit (Michigan), and Washington D.C. March for Science events. All three marches had very strong turn outs.
12 April, 2017 >> M.S. student Anna Wysocki has officially accepted a Ph.D. studentship at UC Davis - Congratulations, Anna! We'll miss having you around the lab, but look forward to seeing all you will accomplish!
7 April, 2017 >> Mogilski and Welling (2017) has been covered by Yahoo News.
4 April, 2017 >> Justin Mogilski's work was recently covered by PsyPost.
24 March, 2017 >> Interested in doing a MS in the lab? We are still accepting MS applications for the Fall 2017 semester. If interested, please contact either Dr. Lisa Welling (welling@oakland.edu) or graduate programs director Dr. Virgil Zeigler-Hill (zeiglerh@oakland.edu) with any questions. You can also apply online here: https://www.oakland.edu/applynow/
15 March, 2017 >> We are tremendously proud to announce that Justin Mogilski successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, titled Human mating and romantic decision-making: A conjoint analytic approach, this morning. Congratulations, Dr. Mogilski!
10 March, 2017 >> Ginny Mitchell presented work on mate-poaching at the annual Graduate Research Day at Oakland University. Her talk was very well-received. Great job, Ginny!
28 February, 2017 >> Dr. Welling has been nominated by her graduate students for the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award! Many thanks, Justin, Ginny, Anna, Jenna, and Simon!
18 January, 2017 >> Dr. Welling has been nominated by Oakland University student-athletes to be recognized for academic achievement and for assisting athletes in achieving their academic pursuits.
5 January, 2017 >> Dr. Lisa Welling gave an invited colloquium at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her talk was titledHormones and attraction: How testosterone influences romantic partner preferences.
9 December, 2016 >> Congratulations to Ginny Mitchell on successfully proposing her M.S. thesis to her committee! Well done, Ginny!
18 November, 2016 >> Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling, who has been nominated for a Senate Teaching Excellence Award!
14 November, 2016 >> Congratulations to Justin Mogilski and Ginny Mitchell on winning Provost Graduate Student Research Awards, each valued at $2000!
5 November, 2016 >> Justin Mogilski is giving an invited symposium talk on sex differences in jealousy within monogamous and consensually non-monogamous romantic relationships at the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists' meeting in Asheville, NC.
19 October, 2016 >> Congratulations to Sarah Donaldson on having her first first-authored publication accepted! The Influence of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Mating Psychology Among Post-Menopausal Women is now in press at Personality and Individual Differences. 17 October, 2016 >>Congratulations to Simon Reeve for passing his proposal defense this morning. Simon is now ABD (All But Dissertation). Great job, Simon!
16 October, 2016 >> Our paper with Alex Hill and others, titledAre there vocal cues to human developmental stability? Relationships between facial fluctuating asymmetry and voice attractiveness, has been accepted for publication in Evolution and Human Behavior.
15 August, 2016 >> Congratulations to lab alumna Bethany Bengry on starting the School Psychology Ph.D. program at Central Michigan University!
2 August, 2016 >> Our paper with Brian Bird, Justin Carre, and others, titled Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity, has been accepted for publication at Hormones and Behavior.
28 July, 2016 >> Congratulations to Sarah Donaldson on officially defending her M.S. thesis!
29 June-2 July, 2016 >> Lisa Welling, Justin Mogilski, and Sarah Donaldson each presented well-received talks at the annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society conference, which was hosted in Vancouver, B.C. this year.
24 June, 2016 >> Lisa Welling's paper, titledSynthetic hormone dose in hormonal contraceptives predicts individual differences in personality, has been accepted for publication in Social Behavior Research and Practice.
4 June, 2016 >> Simon Reeve's paper with Kristine Kelly and Lisa Welling, titledThe Effect of Mate Value Feedback on Women's Mating Aspirations and Mate Preference, has been accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences.
28 May, 2016 >> Sylis Nicolas' and Lisa Welling's paper on acceptance of cosmetic surgery across the menstrual cycle has been covered by the Times UK.