Publications

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Merullo, N., Hlay, J.K., Rodriguez-James, I., Smith, C.B., Rothamer, B.A., Honig, M.A.C., Gaffney, M., Busi, G., Arnocky, S.A., Blackwell, A.D., Hodges-Simeon, C.R. (2026). Body fat percentage, not early life experiences, predicts blood pressure in children in Utila, Honduras. Human Biology and Public Health.

2. O’Hagan, K., Mackinnon, M., Marcellus, A., Hlay, J. K., Hodges-Simeon, C.R., Weeks, A., Arnocky, S. (2025). Eyelash morphology is unrelated to markers of immunocompetence and health. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology.

3. Gaffney, M.R., Hlay, J.K., Rodriguez James, I., Syme, K.L., Blackwell, A.D., Hodges-Simeon, C.R., Hagen, E. (2025). The natural history of child signals of need in Utila, Honduras: An exploratory study. Human Nature.

4. Hlay, J.K., Johnson, B.N., Hodges-Simeon, C.R., Levy, K.N. (2024). A psychometric evaluation of the Tend-and-Befriend Questionnaire. Journal of Personality Assessment. 

5. Hlay, J.K., Albert, G., Batres, C., Richardson, G., Placek, C., Landry, N., Arnocky, S.A., Blackwell, A.D., Hodges-Simeon, C.R. (2024). Greater self-reported health is associated with lower disgust: evidence for individual calibration of the behavioral immune system. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 

6. Hodges-Simeon, C.R., Albert, G., McHale, T., Gaulin, S.J.C., Gurven, M., Landry, N., Hlay, J.K., Merullo, N., Puts, D.A., Arnocky, S.S. (2024). Masculine voice is associated with better mucosal immune defense in adolescent and adult males. Evolution and Human Behavior.

7. Albert, G., Davis, A., Bird, B. M., Arnocky, S., Hlay, J. K., McGee, N., Richardson, G. B., Hodges-Simeon, C. R. (2024). Validating the Revised Mating Effort Questionnaire. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-19.

8. Aung, T., Hill, A., Hlay, J.K., … Puts, D.A. (2024). Effects of Voice Pitch on Social Perceptions Vary With Relational Mobility and Homicide Rate. Psychological Science. 

9. Arnocky, S., Denomme, B., Hodges-Simeon, C.R., Hlay, J.K., Davis, A., Brennan, H. (2023). Self-perceived mate value is predicted by biological and self-reported indices of health in young adults. Adaptive Behavior and Physiology. 

10. Albert, G., Wells, E., Arnocky, S., Liu, C.H., Hlay, J.K., Hodges-Simeon, C.R. (2023). Does Men’s Facial Sexual Dimorphism Affect Male Observers’ Selective Attention? Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology.

11. Hlay, J.K., Albert, G., Waldron, K., Batres, C., Richardson, G., Placek, C., Arnocky, S.A., Hodges-Simeon, C.R. (2022). A cross-cultural analysis of the relationship between disgust and sociosexuality. Evolution and Human Behavior.

12. Albert, G., Hlay, J.K., Chen, M., Wells, E., Arnocky, S.A., Hong Liu, C., Hodges-Simeon, C.R. (2022). ​​Masculinized Faces are Perceived as More Dangerous, but Are Not More Memorable. Human Ethology.

13. Hlay, J.K., Johnson, B.N., Levy, K.N. (2022). Attachment security predicts tend-and-befriend behaviors: A replication. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences.

14. Albert, G., Richardson, G.B., Arnocky, S.A., Senveli, Z., Hlay, J.K., Hodges-Simeon, C.R. (2022). The psychometric evaluation of the intrasexual competition scale. Archives of Sexual Behavior.

15. Hlay, J. K., Albert, G., Batres, C., Richardson, G., Placek, C., Arnocky, S., Lieberman, D., & Hodges-Simeon, C. R. (2021). The evolution of disgust for pathogen detection and avoidance. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91712-3

16. Levy, K.N., Hlay, J.K., Johnson, B.N., Witmer, C.P. (2019). An Attachment Theoretical Perspective on Tend-and-Befriend Stress Reactions. Evolutionary Psychological Science.