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Laith Al-Shawaf

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Colorado Springs
DepartmentLAS-Psychology
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    TitleDirector-Faculty
    InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Colorado Springs
    DepartmentLAS-Psychology


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    1. Al-Shawaf L. Beyond the evolution versus learning fallacy. Am Psychol. 2025 May 22. PMID: 40402620.
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    2. Ackerman JM, Samore T, Fessler DMT, Kupfer TR, Choi S, Merrell WN, Aar?e L, Aavik T, Acabado S, Akello G, Alfian IN, Al-Shawaf L, Alvarez MM, Ammann J, Arikan G, Asha SA, Astobiza AM, Baeza-Ugarte CG, Barclay P, Barlow FK, Bizarro L, Bressan P, Castellanos-Chac?n A, Choy BKC, Chusairi A, Contreras-Gardu?o J, Ch?vez Cosamal?n BL, Costa-Neves B, De M, de Lima TJS, de Zoysa P, Dry?aite I, Elb?k CT, Fedor P, Fern?ndez AM, Fernandez-Morales R, F?l?p M, Gamsakhurdia VL, Garcia-G?mez L, Garcia-Marques L, Gardu?o-Franco J, Pilar Grazioso MD, Habacht F, Hasan Y, Haugestad CP, Haugestad CAP, Havl?cek J, Hernandez EJ, Hoang VM, Hong M, Hromatko I, Ili?ko D, Imada H, Jak?ic I, Jarmakowski T, Hj?rd?sar J?nsd?ttir HL, Kajokaite K, Kankov? ?, Kervyn N, Kim JP, Kunst JR, Laakasuo M, Leong?mez JD, Li NP, Lu J, Lynch N, Maegli MA, Manley H, Marcu G, McAfee T, Mitkidis P, Moln?r NB, Morvinski C, Muhamad H, Nejat P, Huy HN, Oliveira AN, Olsson MJ, Onyishi CN, Onyishi IE, Orozco R, Otterbring T, Ottersen IS, Pacheco-L?pez G, Panagiotopoulou P, Paniagua W, Parvin R, Pavlovic Z, Prokop P, Raffman E, Rizwan M, Rojas S, R?zycka-Tran J, S?nchez OR, Selim H, Sevi B, Shani Y, Shastry MS, Stieger S, Suh EM, Sumari M, Takemura K, Tognetti A, Trombetta RZR, Tybur JM, Ucak EB, Uchida Y, Valentova JV, Viciana H, Visine A, Wang J, Wang XX, Yahiiaiev II, Zein RA, ?e?elj I. I see sick people: Beliefs about sensory detection of infectious disease are largely consistent across cultures. Brain Behav Immun. 2025 Apr 22; 128:737-750. PMID: 40274004.
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    3. Pfuhl G, Prazeres F, Kowal M, Aavik T, Abad-Villaverde B, Afhami R, Aguilar L, Akello G, Al-Shawaf L, Antfolk J, Atama CS, Duyar DA, Baiocco R, Balim S, Batres C, Belkacem Y, Besson T, Bode A, Boga M, Boudesseul J, Boussena M, Brahim H, Burduli N, Can AR, Cetinkaya H, Chirumbolo A, Chubinidze D, Cornec C, Dinic BM, Dural S, Duyar I, Ebimgbo SO, Etchezahar E, Fedor P, Frackowiak T, Frederick DA, Galasinska K, Garc?a FE, Yepes TG, Grigoryev D, Guemaz F, Hromatko I, Ikizer G, Janssen SMJ, Kamburidis JA, Kavcic T, Kervyn N, Khan F, Kobylarek A, Koyuncu M, Kunisato Y, Lacko D, Landa-Blanco M, Lidborg LH, Lins S, Mandzyk T, Mari S, Marot TA, Martinez-Banfi M, Mattiassi ADA, Mayorga-Lascano M, Mebarak M, Mesk? N, Miccoli MR, Mikuliciute V, Milfont TL, Mi?etic K, Morelli M, Natividade JC, Ndukaihe ILG, Novaes F, Omar SS, Fauzee MSO, Otterbring T, ?zener B, Ozer S, Park JH, Banai IP, Pazhoohi F, Perun M, P?rko M, Pirtskhalava E, Pisanski K, Plohl N, Ponnet K, Prokop P, Ribeiro MFF, Ros?rio F, Sahin A, Sahli FZ, ?akan D, Senyk O, Siepelmeyer H, Ribeiro da Silva D, Singh S, Solak ?, S?ylemez S, Studzinska A, Tan CS, Topanova GT, Bulut MT, Toplu-Demirtas E, Tr?moli?re B, Tulyakul S, Ungaretti J, Valentova JV, Varella MAC, Vintila M, Volkodav T, Wlodarczyk A, Yeh YY, Yoo G, Zerhouni O, Zum?rraga-Espinosa M, Zupancic M, Sorokowski P. A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries. Public Health. 2025 May; 242:220-227. PMID: 40127606.
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    4. Acevedo EC, White KP, Al-Shawaf L. The psychology of thermoregulation: A coordinating mechanisms approach. Physiol Behav. 2025 May 15; 294:114865. PMID: 40020894.
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    5. Eastwick PW, Sparks J, Finkel EJ, Meza EM, Adamkovic M, Adu P, Ai T, Akintola AA, Al-Shawaf L, Apriliawati D, Arriaga P, Aubert-Teillaud B, Ban?k G, Barzykowski K, Batres C, Baucom KJ, Beaulieu EZ, Behnke M, Butcher N, Charles DY, Chen JM, Cheon JE, Chittham P, Chwilkowska P, Cong CW, Copping LT, Corral-Frias NS, Cubela Adoric V, Dizon M, Du H, Ehinmowo MI, Escribano DA, Espinosa NM, Exp?sito F, Feldman G, Freitag R, Frias Armenta M, Gallyamova A, Gillath O, Gjoneska B, Gkinopoulos T, Grafe F, Grigoryev D, Groyecka-Bernard A, Gunaydin G, Ilustrisimo R, Impett E, Kacm?r P, Kim YH, Kocur M, Kowal M, Krishna M, Labor PD, Lu JG, Lucas MY, Malecki WP, Malinakova K, Mei?ner S, Meier Z, Misiak M, Muise A, Novak L, O J, ?zdogru AA, Park HG, Paruzel M, Pavlovic Z, P?ski M, Ribeiro G, Roberts SC, R?er JP, Ropovik I, Ross RM, Sakman E, Salvador CE, Selcuk E, Skakoon-Sparling S, Sorokowska A, Sorokowski P, Spasovski O, Stanton SCE, Stewart SLK, Swami V, Szaszi B, Takashima K, Tavel P, Tejada J, Tu E, Tuominen J, Vaidis D, Vally Z, Vaughn LA, Villanueva-Moya L, Wisnuwardhani D, Yamada Y, Yonemitsu F, ??dkov? R, ?ivn? K, Coles NA. A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2025 Jan; 128(1):123-146. PMID: 39480282.
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    6. Zemojtel-Piotrowska M, Sawicki A, Piotrowski J, Lifshin U, Kretchner M, Skowronski JJ, Sedikides C, Jonason PK, Adamovic M, Ahmed O, Atitsogbe KA, Al-Shawaf L, Appiah SCY, Ardi R, Azam U, Babakr ZH, Baldursson EB, Bal?atescu S, Bochaver K, Bolatov A, Bonato M, Bundhoo HY, Chaleeraktrakoon T, Chobthamkit P, Cowden RG, Counted V, de Clunie G, Dragova-Koleva S, Esteves CS, Gouveia VV, Gundolf K, Hamouda S, Haretche C, Jeong EHK, Ili?ko D, Malik NI, Aruta JJB, Jia F, Jovanovic V, Jukic T, Jukic DP, Kamble SV, Khachatryan N, Klicperova-Baker M, Kogler C, Knezovic E, Koralov M, Kovacs M, Eldesoki WLM, Fernandez AL, Liik K, Malik S, Maltby J, Malysheva K, Mamuti A, Mangafic J, Moon C, Milfont TL, Muehlbacher S, Najafi R, ?zsoy E, Park J, de Le?n PP, Solcova IP, Ramos-Diaz J, Ridic G, Ridic O, Samekin A, Spoto A, Starc A, Stefenel D, Tr? KTT, Tiliouine H, Tom?ik R, Torres-Mar?n J, Umeh CS, Wills-Herrera E, Wlodarczyk A, Vally Z, Vauclair CM, Yahiiaiev I, Zand S. Grandiose narcissism, unfounded beliefs, and behavioral reactions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sci Rep. 2024 07 30; 14(1):17503. PMID: 39080302.
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    7. Acevedo EC, Uhler S, White KP, Al-Shawaf L. What Predicts Beneficial Outcomes in Psychedelic Use? A Quantitative Content Analysis of Psychedelic Health Outcomes. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2024 Feb 10; 1-10. PMID: 38341606.
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    8. Al-Shawaf L. Levels of analysis and explanatory progress in psychology: Integrating frameworks from biology and cognitive science for a more comprehensive science of the mind. Psychol Rev. 2025 Mar; 132(2):404-415. PMID: 38252109.
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    9. Al-Shawaf L, Lewis DMG, Ghossainy ME, Kennair LEO, Miklou?ic I, Schwarz S, White KP. No Support for Two Hypotheses About the Communicative Functions of Displaying Disgust: Evidence From Turkey, Norway, Germany, and Croatia. Evol Psychol. 2023 Jul-Sep; 21(3):14747049231179408. PMID: 37427411.
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    10. Hammad AM, Alzaghari LF, Alfaraj M, Al-Shawaf L, Sunoqrot S. Nanoassemblies from the aqueous extract of roasted coffee beans modulate the behavioral and molecular effects of smoking withdrawal-induced anxiety in female rats. Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2023 07; 13(7):1967-1982. PMID: 37069327.
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    11. H?bner R, Lewis DMG, Al-Shawaf L, Semchenko AY, Flores J. Evidence that the aesthetic preference for Hogarth's Line of Beauty is an evolutionary by-product. Sci Rep. 2023 03 13; 13(1):4134. PMID: 36914706.
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    12. Garza R, Pazhoohi F, Al-Shawaf L, Byrd-Craven J. An Eye Tracking Study Examining the Role of Mating Strategies, Perceived Vulnerability to Disease, and Disgust in Attention to Pathogenic Cues. Adapt Human Behav Physiol. 2023; 9(1):72-87. PMID: 37038386.
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    13. Semchenko AY, Senveli Z, Forrest MRL, Flores J, Fiala V, Al-Shawaf L, Buss DM, Lewis DMG. Lordosis in Humans. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2024 Mar; 50(3):466-478. PMID: 36461164.
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    14. Pick CM, Ko A, Wormley AS, Wiezel A, Kenrick DT, Al-Shawaf L, Barry O, Bereby-Meyer Y, Boonyasiriwat W, Brandst?tter E, Crispim AC, Cruz JE, David D, David OA, Defelipe RP, Elmas P, Espinosa A, Fernandez AM, Fetvadjiev VH, Fetvadjieva S, Fischer R, Galdi S, Galindo-Caballero OJ, Golovina GM, Gomez-Jacinto L, Graf S, Grossmann I, Gul P, Halama P, Hamamura T, Hansson LS, Hitokoto H, Hreb?ckov? M, Ilic D, Johnson JL, Kara-Yakoubian M, Karl JA, Koh?t M, Lasselin J, Li NP, Mafra AL, Malanchuk O, Moran S, Murata A, Ndiaye SAL, O J, Onyishi IE, Pasay-An E, Rizwan M, Roth E, Salgado S, Samoylenko ES, Savchenko TN, Sevincer AT, Skoog E, Stanciu A, Suh EM, Sznycer D, Talhelm T, Ugwu FO, Uskul AK, Uz I, Valentova JV, Varella MAC, Zambrano D, Varnum MEW. Family still matters: Human social motivation across 42 countries during a global pandemic. Evol Hum Behav. 2022 Nov; 43(6):527-535. PMID: 36217369.
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    15. Jonason PK, White KP, Lowder AH, Al-Shawaf L. To see or not to see (again): Dealbreakers and dealmakers in relation to social inclusion. Front Psychol. 2022; 13:1019272. PMID: 36211894.
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    16. Pick CM, Ko A, Kenrick DT, Wiezel A, Wormley AS, Awad E, Al-Shawaf L, Barry O, Bereby-Meyer Y, Boonyasiriwat W, Brandst?tter E, Ceylan-Batur S, Choy BKC, Crispim AC, Cruz JE, David D, David OA, Defelipe RP, Elmas P, Espinosa A, Fernandez AM, Fetvadjiev VH, Fetvadjieva S, Fischer R, Galdi S, Galindo-Caballero OJ, Golovina EV, Golovina GM, Gomez-Jacinto L, Graf S, Grossmann I, Gul P, Halama P, Hamamura T, Han S, Hansson LS, Hitokoto H, Hreb?ckov? M, Ilic D, Johnson JL, Kara-Yakoubian M, Karl JA, Kim JP, Koh?t M, Lasselin J, Lee H, Li NP, Mafra AL, Malanchuk O, Moran S, Murata A, Na J, Ndiaye SAL, O J, Onyishi IE, Pasay-An E, Rizwan M, Roth E, Salgado S, Samoylenko ES, Savchenko TN, Sette C, Sevincer AT, Skoog E, Stanciu A, Suh EM, Sznycer D, Talhelm T, Ugwu FO, Uskul AK, Uz I, Valentova JV, Varella MAC, Wei L, Zambrano D, Varnum MEW. Publisher Correction: Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves. Sci Data. 2022 Sep 20; 9(1):575. PMID: 36127335.
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    17. Kerry N, Al-Shawaf L, Barbato M, Batres C, Blake KR, Cha Y, Chauvin GV, Clifton JDW, Fernandez AM, Galbarczyk A, Ghossainy ME, Jang D, Jasienska G, Karasawa M, Laustsen L, Loria R, Luberti F, Moran J, Pavlovic Z, Petersen MB, Smith AR, ?e?elj I, Murray DR. Experimental and cross-cultural evidence that parenthood and parental care motives increase social conservatism. Proc Biol Sci. 2022 09 14; 289(1982):20220978. PMID: 36069015.
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    18. Pick CM, Ko A, Kenrick DT, Wiezel A, Wormley AS, Awad E, Al-Shawaf L, Barry O, Bereby-Meyer Y, Boonyasiriwat W, Brandst?tter E, Ceylan-Batur S, Choy BKC, Crispim AC, Cruz JE, David D, David OA, Defelipe RP, Elmas P, Espinosa A, Fernandez AM, Fetvadjiev VH, Fetvadjieva S, Fischer R, Galdi S, Galindo-Caballero OJ, Golovina EV, Golovina GM, Gomez-Jacinto L, Graf S, Grossmann I, Gul P, Halama P, Hamamura T, Han S, Hansson LS, Hitokoto H, Hreb?ckov? M, Ilic D, Johnson JL, Kara-Yakoubian M, Karl JA, Kim JP, Koh?t M, Lasselin J, Lee H, Li NP, Mafra AL, Malanchuk O, Moran S, Murata A, Na J, Ndiaye SAL, O J, Onyishi IE, Pasay-An E, Rizwan M, Roth E, Salgado S, Samoylenko ES, Savchenko TN, Sette C, Sevincer AT, Skoog E, Stanciu A, Suh EM, Sznycer D, Talhelm T, Ugwu FO, Uskul AK, Uz I, Valentova JV, Varella MAC, Wei L, Zambrano D, Varnum MEW. Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves. Sci Data. 2022 08 16; 9(1):499. PMID: 35974021.
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    19. Sawicki AJ, Zemojtel-Piotrowska M, Balcerowska JM, Sawicka MJ, Piotrowski J, Sedikides C, Jonason PK, Maltby J, Adamovic M, Agada AMD, Ahmed O, Al-Shawaf L, Appiah SCY, Ardi R, Babakr ZH, Baltatescu S, Bonato M, Cowden RG, Chobthamkit P, De Pretto L, Gouveia VV, Haretche C, Ili?ko D, Aruta JJB, Jia F, Jovanovic V, Jukic T, Kamble SV, Khachatryan N, Klicperova-Baker M, Koralov M, Kovacs M, Kretchner M, Fernandez AL, Liik K, Malik NI, Malysheva K, Moon C, Muehlbacher S, Nartova-Bochaver S, Torres-Mar?n J, ?zsoy E, Park J, Piccinelli E, Ramos-Diaz J, Ridic O, Samekin A, Starc A, Ki?u TTT, Tomsik R, Umeh CS, Wills-Herrera E, Wlodarczyk A, Vally Z, Zand S. The fear of COVID-19 scale: Its structure and measurement invariance across 48 countries. Psychol Assess. 2022 Mar; 34(3):294-310. PMID: 35049326.
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    20. Norton JO, Evans KC, Semchenko AY, Al-Shawaf L, Lewis DMG. Why Do People (Not) Engage in Social Distancing? Proximate and Ultimate Analyses of Norm-Following During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Front Psychol. 2021; 12:648206. PMID: 34276471.
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    21. Ghossainy ME, Al-Shawaf L, Woolley JD. Epistemic Vigilance in Early Ontogeny: Children's Use of Nonverbal Behavior to Detect Deception. Evol Psychol. 2021 Jan-Mar; 19(1):1474704920986860. PMID: 33499655.
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    22. Lewis DMG, Russell EM, Al-Shawaf L, Ta V, Senveli Z, Ickes W, Buss DM. Why Women Wear High Heels: Evolution, Lumbar Curvature, and Attractiveness. Front Psychol. 2017; 8:1875. PMID: 29180972.
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    23. Sell A, Sznycer D, Al-Shawaf L, Lim J, Krauss A, Feldman A, Rascanu R, Sugiyama L, Cosmides L, Tooby J. The grammar of anger: Mapping the computational architecture of a recalibrational emotion. Cognition. 2017 11; 168:110-128. PMID: 28668649.
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    24. Lewis DMG, Al-Shawaf L, Conroy-Beam D, Asao K, Buss DM. Evolutionary psychology: A how-to guide. Am Psychol. 2017 May-Jun; 72(4):353-373. PMID: 28481582.
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    25. Sznycer D, Al-Shawaf L, Bereby-Meyer Y, Curry OS, De Smet D, Ermer E, Kim S, Kim S, Li NP, Lopez Seal MF, McClung J, O J, Ohtsubo Y, Quillien T, Schaub M, Sell A, van Leeuwen F, Cosmides L, Tooby J. Cross-cultural regularities in the cognitive architecture of pride. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 02 21; 114(8):1874-1879. PMID: 28167752.
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    26. Lewis DMG, Al-Shawaf L, Anderson M. Contemporary evolutionary psychology and the evolution of intelligence. Behav Brain Sci. 2017 01; 40:e210. PMID: 29342662.
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    27. Al-Shawaf L. The evolutionary psychology of hunger. Appetite. 2016 10 01; 105:591-5. PMID: 27328100.
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    28. Al-Shawaf L, Lewis DM, Alley TR, Buss DM. Mating strategy, disgust, and food neophobia. Appetite. 2015 Feb; 85:30-5. PMID: 25450899.
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    29. Lewis DM, Conroy-Beam D, Al-Shawaf L, Raja A, DeKay T, Buss DM. Friends with benefits: the evolved psychology of same- and opposite-sex friendship. Evol Psychol. 2011 Dec 08; 9(4):543-63. PMID: 22947994.
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