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Conference Presentations


Mitchell VE, Mogilski JK, Donaldson SH, Reeve SD, & Welling LLM (February 2019). Consensual non-monogamy, disgust sensitivity, and sexual risk-taking. The Society for Personality and Social Psychology's annual meeting in Portland, OR.  

Lunge J, & Welling LLM (July 2018). The influence of gender conformity and sexual orientation on preferences for sexual dimorphism in male and female faces. The Human Behavior and Evolution Society's annual meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Mogilski JK, & Welling LLM (July 2018). The primacy of trust within romantic relationships: Evidence from conjoint analysis of HEXACO-derived personality profiles. The Human Behavior and Evolution Society's annual meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

Welling LLM, Saulter JP, Smith A, & Gretkierewicz S 
 (July 2018). The influence of competition outcome on face preferences in men and women. The Human Behavior and Evolution Society's annual meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Welling LLM, Bestelmeyer PEG, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, & Allan K (May 2018). Effects of sexually dimorphic shape cues on neurophysiological correlates of women's face processing. The American Psychological Society's annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Bird BM, Welling LLM, Ortiz TL, Moreau BJP, Hansen S, Emond M, Goldfarb G, Bonin PL, & Carré JM (August 2017). Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men’s preferences for female facial femininity. The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology in Montréal, Quebec. 

Mogilski JK, Reeve SD, Nicolas SCA, Donaldson SH, & Welling LLM (November 2016/June 2017). Sex differences in jealousy within monogamous and consensually non-monogamous romantic relationships. The Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Conference in Asheville, NC. Also presented at the 29th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Boise, ID.

Donaldson SH, & Welling LLM (June 2016). Mate-guarding and preferences for self-resemblance across the menstrual cycle in women and their male partners. The 28th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Vancouver, BC.

Hill AK, Cárdenas RA, Wheatley JR, Welling LLM, Burriss RP, Claes P, Apicella CL, McDaniel MA, Little AC, Shriver MD, & Puts DA (June 2016). Are there acoustic cues to human developmental stability? Relationships between facial fluctuating asymmetry and vocal attractiveness. The 28th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Vancouver, BC. 

Mogilski JK, & Welling LLM (June 2016). The relative importance of sexual dimorphism, fluctuating asymmetry, and color cues to health during evaluation of potential partners' facial photographs: A conjoint analysis study. The 28th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Vancouver, BC.

Welling LLM, Moreau BJP, Bird BM, Hansen S, & Carré JM (June 2016). Exogenous testosterone increases men’s perceptions of their own physical dominance. The 28th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Vancouver, BC. 
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Donaldson SH, & Welling LLM (April 2016). Sex and fertility effects on mate retention behaviors in heterosexual romantic couples. The Evolution of Psychopathology conference in Rochester, MI.  

Mogilski JK, & Welling LLM (April 2016). The relative importance of sexual dimorphism, fluctuating asymmetry, and color cues to health during evaluation of potential partners' facial photographs: A conjoint analysis study. The Evolution of Psychopathology conference in Rochester, MI.  

Wysocki A, Welling LLM, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Perrett DI, & Little AC (April 2016) Diurnal variation in women’s face preferences. The Evolution of Psychopathology conference in Rochester, MI.  

Donaldson SH, Welling LLM, & Reeve SD (March 2016). Hormone replacement therapy and mating psychology among post-menopausal women. Center for Biomedical Research/Sigma Xi Research Festival in Rochester, MI.

Donaldson S, & Welling LLM (May 2015). The influence of hormone replacement therapy on mate preferences and partner-directed behavior. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Columbia, MO. 

McCoy MG, Welling LLM, Shackelford TK, & Gordon AK (May 2015). Development and initial psychometric assessment of the Reasons to Pretend Orgasm Inventory. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Columbia, MO.


Mogilski J, Memering S, Welling LLM, & Shackelford TK (May 2015). Polyamory and monoamory: Alternative approaches to pursuing a strategically pluralistic mating strategy. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Columbia, MO. 

Puts DA, Hill A, Wheatley JR, Welling LLM, Dawood K, Cardenas RA, & Shriver M (May 2015). Hormonal evidence that men's voice pitch reveals underlying condition. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Columbia, MO.

Reeve SD, Kelly KM, & Welling LLM (May 2015). Transitory environmental stress alters sexual strategies & sexually dimorphic mate preferences. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Columbia, MO.

Welling LLM, & Burriss RP (May 2015). Self-reported gender conformity predicts preferences for sexual dimorphism in own-sex, but not opposite-sex, faces among heterosexual women. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Columbia, MO. 

McGuire M, Welling LLM, Williams K, & Vonk J. (April 2015). Influence of oxytocin on cognitive bias in rats. The 22nd Annual Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, FL.

Welling LLM (August 2014). Synthetic hormone dose in hormonal contraceptives predicts individual differences in extraversion and neuroticism. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Natal, Brazil.

Mogilski JK & Welling LLM (May 2014). Implicit Versus Explicit Emotional Reactivity to Partner Infidelity. Midwestern Psychological Association's Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. 

McCoy MG, Welling LLM, Weekes-Shackelford VA, & Shackelford TK (March 2014). The Reasons for Faking Inventory. Evolution of Morality Conference in Rochester, MI.

Mogilski J, Wade TJ, & Welling LLM (March 2014). Prioritization of potential mates' history of sexual fidelity during a conjoint ranking task. Evolution of Morality Conference in Rochester, MI; Also presented at the NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society's Annual Meeting in New Paltz, NY (April 2014).

Nicolas SCA & Welling LLM (March 2014). Women's consideration and acceptance of cosmetic surgery over the menstrual cycle. Evolution of Morality Conference in Rochester, MI; Also presented at the NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society's Annual Meeting in New Paltz, NY (April 2014).


Pham MN, Shackelford TK, Welling LLM, Ehrke AD, Sela Y, & Goetz AT (March 2014). Oral sex, semen displacement, and sexual arousal: Testing the ejaculate adjustment hypothesis. Evolution of Morality Conference in Rochester, MI.

Saulter JP & Welling LLM (February 2014). The effects of competition outcome on face preferences in men and women. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters Conference in Rochester, MI; Also presented at the Meeting of the Minds Conference in Rochester, MI (May 2014).

Pham MN, Shackelford TK, Welling LLM, Ehrke AD, Sela Y, & Goetz AT (February 2014). Oral sex, semen displacement, and sexual arousal: Testing the ejaculate adjustment hypothesis. Evolutionary Psychology Preconference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference in Austin, TX. 

Welling LLM, Singh K, Puts DA, Jones BC, & Burriss RP (July 2013). Self-reported sexual desire in homosexual men and women predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial cues. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Miami, FL. 

McCoy MG, Shackelford TK, & Welling LLM (July 2013). How do women fake an orgasm? Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Miami, FL. 

Doll LM, Hill AK, Rotella MA, Cárdenas RA, Welling LLM, Wheatley JR, Puts DA (May 2013). How well do men's faces and voices index mate quality and dominance? The 7th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society; Also presented at The Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Miami, FL (July 2013).  

Puts DA, Pope LE, Hill AK, Cárdenas RA, & Welling LLM (May 2013). Evidence for negative feedback between testosterone and men’s copulatory success: Sociosexuality, sexual variety and men’s testosterone. The 7th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society.

Wheatley JR, Matz AP, Welling LLM, Cárdenas RA, Dawood K, Hill AK, & Puts DA (May 2013). Women’s orgasm quality and their perceptions of their mates: Support for the pair-bond hypothesis. The 7th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society. 
 
Welling LLM, Persola L, Wheatley JR, Cárdenas RA & Puts DA (May 2012). Competition and men’s face preferences. The Pennsylvania State University’s 5th Annual Postdoctoral Research Exhibition in University Park, PA.

Hill AK, Welling LLM, Wheatley JR, Cárdenas RA, Rotella MA & Puts DA (June 2012). Total sexual selection on men’s voices. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Albuquerque, NM.  

Welling LLM, Persola L, Wheatley JR, Cárdenas RA & Puts DA (June 2012). Competition and men’s face preferences. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Albuquerque, NM. 

Wheatley JR, Apicella CA, Burriss RP, Cárdenas RA, Bailey DH, Welling LLM & Puts DA (June 2012). Female mate quality predicts vocal attractiveness in industrial and foraging populations. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Albuquerque, NM. 

Vukovic J, Jones BC, Feinberg DR, DeBruine L, Smith FG, Welling LLM & Little AC (June 2011). Variation in perceptions of physical dominance and trustworthiness predicts individual differences in the effect of relationship context on women’s preferences for masculine pitch in men’s voices. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Montpellier, France. 

DeBruine LM, Jones BC, Little AC, Crawford JR & Welling LLM (March 2011). Regional variation in women’s masculinity preferences. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in Giessen, Germany. 

Welling LLM, Puts DA, Roberts SC, Little AC, & Burriss RP (June 2011). Hormonal contraceptive use and mate retention behavior in women and their male partners. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Montpellier, France. 
 
Jones BC, Welling LLM & DeBruine LM (July 2010). Testosterone and face preferences. International Academy of Sex Research annual meeting in Prague, Czech Republic. 
 
Puts DA, Barndt JL, Welling LLM, Dawood K and Burriss RP (June 2010). Sexual selection and human voices. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Eugene, Oregon. 

DeBruine LM, Jones BC, Crawford JR, Welling LLM & Little AC (March 2010). The health of a nation predicts their mate preferences: Cross-cultural variation in women’s preferences for masculine men. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in Wroclaw, Poland.  


Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Main JC, Little AC, Welling LLM, Feinberg DR & Tiddeman BP (March 2010). Facial cues of dominance modulate reflexive gaze-following in human observers. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in Wroclaw, Poland. 

Welling LLM, Burriss RP & Puts DA (June 2010). Mate retention behavior modulates men’s preferences for self-resemblance in infant faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Eugene, Oregon.

Welling LLM
, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Smith FG, Feinberg  DR, Little AC & Al-Dujaili EAS (April 2009). Men report stronger attraction to femininity in women's faces when their testosterone levels are high. European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association Meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland. 

Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Main JC, Little AC, Welling LLM & Feinberg DR (May 2009). Facial cues of dominance modulate reflexive gaze-cuing in human observers. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Fullerton, CA.  

Smith FG, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Welling LLM, Vukovic J, Main JC & Little AC (May 2009). Waist-hip ratio predicts women's preferences for masculine male faces, but not perceptions of men's trustworthiness. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Fullerton, CA.  

Vukovic J, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Little AC, Feinberg DR & Welling LLM (May 2009). Circum-menopausal effects on women's judgments of facial attractiveness. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Fullerton, CA.

Welling LLM, Jones BC, DeBruine LM & Little AC (May 2009). Social transmission of attitudes influences women’s attractiveness judgments of own-sex individuals. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Fullerton, CA. 

Vukovic J, Feinberg DR, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Welling LLM, Little AC & Smith FG (June 2008). Self-rated attractiveness influences women's preferences for masculine men's voices. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Kyoto, Japan. 

Welling LLM, Jones BC & DeBruine LM (June 2008). Sex drive is positively associated with women's preferences for sexual dimorphism in men's and women's faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Kyoto, Japan. (Session Chair).

Welling LLM, DeBruine LM, Bestelmeyer PEG, Little AC & Jones BC (March 2007). Inducing opposite aftereffects for 3/4 and front views of faces. British Psychological Society Annual Conference in York, UK. 

Welling LLM
, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Conway CA, Law Smith MJ, Little AC, Feinberg DR, Sharp MA & Al-Dujaili EA (May 2007). Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia USA; Also presented at the Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Meeting in Pacific Grove, California USA (June 2007), and the British Psychological Society Meeting in Aberdeen, UK (August 2007).

Jones BC, Bestelmeyer PEG, DeBruine LM, Little AC, Schneider A, Welling LLM & Conway CA (August 2006). Face aftereffects reveal interdependent processing of expressions and sex. European Conference on Visual Perception in St Petersburg, Russia.  

Welling LLM,
DeBruine LM, Bestelmeyer PEG, Little AC & Jones BC. Inducing opposite aftereffects for 3/4 and front views of faces (August 2006). European Conference on Visual Perception in St Petersburg, Russia. 

Smith FG, DeBruine LM, Jones BC, Krupp DB, Conway CA & Welling LLM (November 2006). Own attractiveness affects strategies in an economic game. BPS Scottish Branch Conference in Perth, UK. 

Welling LLM, DeBruine LM, Bestelmeyer PEG, Little AC & Jones BC (November 2006). Inducing opposite aftereffects for 3/4 and front views of faces. BPS Scottish Branch Conference in Perth, UK. 

Buckingham, G., DeBruine LM, Little AC, Welling LLM, Conway CA, Tiddeman BP & Jones BC (June 2006). Visual adaptation to masculine and feminine faces influences generalized preferences and perceptions of trustworthiness. Annual Meeting of the International Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. 

DeBruine LM, Jones BC, Perrett DI, Welling LLM, Conway CA, & Little AC (June 2006). Preferences for self-resembling faces. Annual Meeting of the International Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. 

Jones BC, Bestelmeyer PEG, DeBruine LM, Little AC, Conway CA, Welling LLM, Feinberg DR, & Schneider A (June 2006). Integrating physical and social signals when forming face preferences. Annual Meeting of the International Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. 

Welling LLM,
Conway CA, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (June 2006). Perceived vulnerability to disease is positively related to the strength of preferences for apparent health in faces. Annual Meeting of the International Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. 

Houlihan M, Fraser I & Welling LLM (July 2005). Face Perception and Event-related Potentials. Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

Welling LLM (June 2004). Differences in movement time between extroverts and introverts using the lateralized readiness potential as a measure. Atlantic Provinces Interdisciplinary Council of the Sciences Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. 

Other Invited Talks


Welling LLM (January 2020). Testosterone, dominance, and men's face preferences. Invited research colloquium at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.
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Welling LLM (September 2019). Psychobehavioral effects of hormonal contraceptive use. Keynote address given to the International Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine in London, UK.


Welling LLM (January 2017). Hormones and attraction: How testosterone influences romantic partner preferences. Invited colloquium at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.  

Welling LLM (October 2015). It's not you, it's my hormones! The influence of testosterone on romantic partner preferences. TEDxOakland public event in Rochester, MI. 

Welling LLM, Moreau B, Bird B, Hansen S, & Carre J (June 2015). Exogenous testosterone increases men's perceptions of their own physical dominance. Adapted mind, adapted body: The evolution of human behavior and its neuroendocrine regulation Workshop in Erice, Sicily. 

Welling LLM (February 2015). It's not you, it's my hormones! Hormonal influences on human mate preferences. Cranbrook Institute of Science's 'Love After Dark' public event in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Welling LLM (March 2013). Human mate preferences and behavior. Oakland University’s Ambassador Meeting in Rochester, MI. 

Welling LLM (February 2012). Hormonal contraceptive use and mate retention. The Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA. 

Welling LLM (December, 2011). Hormone-Mediated Person Perception. The Psychology Department at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. 

Welling LLM (March 2010). Hormone-Mediated Face Perception. The Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA. 

Welling LLM (November 2009). Hormonal Correlates of Behavior. Harvard University’s Reproductive Endocrine Science Center and Reproductive Endocrine Unit of the Massachusettes General Hospital in Boston, MA. 

Welling LLM (May 2008). Hormone-Mediated Face Perception. The Experimental Psychology Department at the University College of London in London, UK. 


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