Corey Fincher (ESRC Postdoc) Mate preference versus choice

My research over the past few years has focused on questions regarding topics such as where cultural variation and other forms of biological diversity come from, and how the evolved response to infectious disease stress variation contributes to human value systems and national development. Ultimately, though, my interests include the evolved psychology of all organisms.

I earned my PhD in Biology from the University of New Mexico in 2008 with Randy Thornhill and Paul Watson as my committee chairs. I also earned my M.S. in Biology from UNM with Thornhill and Watson. Prior to this I conducted graduate studies and research at Oklahoma State University with the guidance of David Duvall. I earned my B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Ecology from Oklahoma State University.

My Webpage from UNM

Email: coreylanefincher@gmail.com

Scientific Journal Articles

    2012

  1. (715 kB) CL Fincher & R Thornhill (2012). Parasite-stress promotes in-group assortative sociality: The cases of strong family ties and heightened religiosity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35(2): 1-19. doi:10.1017/S0140525X11000021 [abstract»»]
  2. (715 kB) CL Fincher & R Thornhill (2012). The parasite-stress theory may be a general theory of culture and sociality. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35(2): 39-59. doi:10.1017/S0140525X11001774 [abstract»»]

    3. 2011

  3. C Eppig, CL Fincher & R Thornhill (2011). Parasite prevalence and the distribution of intelligence among the states of the USA. Intelligence, 39: 155-160.
  4. (374 kB) R Thornhill & CL Fincher (2011). Parasite stress promotes homicide and child maltreatment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 366(1583): 3466-3477. doi:10.1098/rstb.2011.0052 [abstract»»]

    5. 2010

  5. C Eppig, CL Fincher & R Thornhill (2010). Parasite prevalence and the worldwide distribution of cognitive ability. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 277: 3801-3808.
  6. AD Hoben, AP Buunk, CL Fincher, R Thornhill & M Schaller (2010). On the adaptive origins and maladaptive consequences of human inbreeding: parasite prevalence, immune functioning, and consanguineous marriage. Evolutionary Psychology, 8: 658-676.
  7. K Letendre, CL Fincher & R Thornhill (2010). Does infectious disease cause global variation in the frequency of intrastate armed conflict and civil war? Biological Reviews, 85: 669-683.
  8. R Thornhill, CL Fincher, DR Murray & M Schaller (2010). Zoonotic and non-zoonotic diseases in relation to human personality and societal values: support for the parasite-stress model. Evolutionary Psychology, 8: 151-169.

    9. 2009

  9. AP Møller, CL Fincher & R Thornhill (2009). Why men have shorter lives than women: Effects of resource availability, infectious disease and senescence. American Journal of Human Biology, 21: 357-364.
  10. R Thornhill, CL Fincher & D Aran (2009). Parasites, democratization and the liberalization of values across contemporary countries. Biological Reviews, 84: 113-131.

    11. 2008

  11. CL Fincher & R Thornhill (2008). A parasite-driven wedge: infectious diseases may explain language and other biodiveristy. Oikos, 117: 1289-1297.
  12. CL Fincher & R Thornhill (2008). Assortative sociality, limited dispersal, infectious disease and the genesis of the global pattern of religion diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 275: 2587-2594.
  13. CL Fincher, R Thornhill, DR Murray & M Schaller (2008). Pathogen prevalence predicts human cross-cultural variability in individualism/collectivism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 275: 1279-1285.

    14. 2007

  14. R Thornhill & CL Fincher (2007). What is the relevance of attachment and life history to political values? Evolution and Human Behavior, 28: 215-222.

Book Chapters

    In Press

  1. K Letendre, CL Fincher & R Thornhill (in press). Parasite stress may cause non-state wars, revolutions and coups, terrorism, and the absence of peace across the world. in T Shackelford and V Weekes-Shackelford (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War, Oxford University Press: Oxford

Posters

    2012

  1. LM DeBruine, CL Fincher, CD Watkins, AC Little & BC Jones (2012). Preference versus Choice: Do face preferences predict actual partner choice? Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Albuquerque, New Mexico. June 2012.

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