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Geoffrey Miller, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1993
Office Location: Logan Hall Rm 160, UNM Main Campus, Office Hours Thursday, 11 am - noon
Phone: +1 (505) 277-1967
Email: gfmilller@unm.edu
Curriculum Vitae and Publications

Research Area

Evolution and Development

Full Publications List

Key links

• Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/pleiotrope
• Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/pleiotrope
• ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Geoffrey_Miller/
• Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Miller_(psychologist)

Upcoming Talks:

• EvoS Program, SUNY-New Paltz, New York, 2/11/2013.
• Psychology, Yale University, 3/2013.
• Darwin’s Business Conference, NYU Stern Business School, New York, 4/19/2013.
• Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, spring 2013.
• Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, spring 2013.

Research Interests

• Evolutionary psychology, human nature, sexual selection, mutual mate choice, ovulatory cycle effects, mental fitness indicators (creativity, humor, art, music, moral virtues)
• Behavior genetics, psychometrics, individual differences, intelligence, personality traits, mental disorders
• Applied evolutionary psychology: Consumer behavior, market research, social media, smartphones, consulting, policy, popular science outreach

Selected Publications

Books

• Miller, G. F. (2000). The mating mind: How sexual choice shaped the evolution of human nature. NY: Doubleday [+ 12 other languages]

• Geher, G., & Miller, G. F. (Eds.). (2008). Mating intelligence: Sex, relationships, and the mind’s reproductive system. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• Miller, G. F. (2009). Spent: Sex, evolution, and consumer behaviour. NY: Viking. [published in Britain as Must-have: The hidden instincts behind everything we buy; +6 other languages]

Selected Recent Papers:

• Yeater, E. A., Miller, G. F., Rinehart, J. K., & Nason, E. (2012). Trauma and sex surveys meet minimal risk standards: Implications for Institutional Review Boards. Psychological Science, 23(7), 780-787.

• Jung, K., Ruthruff, E., Tybur, J., Gaspelin, N., & Miller, G. (2012). Perception of facial attractiveness requires some attentional capacity: Implications for the “automaticity” of psychological adaptations. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33, 241-250.

• Miller, G. F. (2012). The smartphone psychology manifesto. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(3), 221-237.

• Miller, G. F., Zhu, G., Wright, M. J., Hansell, N. K., & Martin, N. G. (2012). The heritability and genetic correlates of mobile phone use: A twin study of consumer behaviour. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15(1), 97-106.

• Zietsch, B. P., Miller, G. F., Bailey, J. M., & Martin, N. G. (2011). Female orgasm rates are largely independent of other traits: Implications for “female orgasmic disorder” and evolutionary theories of orgasm. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 2305-2316.

Courses Taught

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