Jason Weeden is an occasional researcher. He received his PhD in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. His research has explored political psychology, sexual and fertility patterns, and contemporary religiosity.

• Weeden, J., & Kurzban, R. (2014). The hidden agenda of the political mind: How self-interest shapes our opinions and why we won’t admit it. Princeton University Press. [link]
• Weeden, J., & Kurzban, R. (2017). Self-interest is often a major determinant of issue attitudes. Advances in Political Psychology. [link]
• Weeden, J., Kurzban, R., & Kenrick, D. T. (2016). The elephant in the pews: Reproductive strategy and religiosity. In The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion (eds. J. R. Liddle & T. K. Shackelford). Oxford University Press. [link]
• Weeden, J., & Kurzban, R. (2016). Do people naturally cluster into liberals and conservatives? Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2, 47-57. [link]
• Weeden, J. (2015). Losing my religion: A life-history analysis of the decline in religious attendance from childhood. In The Attraction of Religion (eds. J. Slone & J. Van Slyke). Bloomsbury.
• Weeden, J., & Kurzban, R. (2013). What predicts religiosity? A multinational analysis of reproductive and cooperative morals. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34, 440-445. [link]
• Quintelier, K. J. P., Ishii, K., Weeden, J., Kurzban, R., & Braeckman, J. (2013) Individual differences in reproductive strategy are related to views about recreational drug use in Belgium, the Netherlands and Japan. Human Nature, 24, 196-217.
• Kurzban, R., Dukes, A., & Weeden, J. (2010). Sex, drugs, and moral goals: Reproductive strategies and views about recreational drugs. Proceedings of the Royal Society – B, 277, 3501-3508. [link]
• Li, Y. J., Cohen, A.B., Weeden, J., & Kenrick, D.T. (2010). Mating competitors increase religious beliefs. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 46, 428-431.human friendship. PLoS ONE, 4(6): e5802.
• Weeden, J., Cohen, A. B., & Kenrick, D. T. (2008). Religious attendance as reproductive support. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 327–334.
• Kurzban, R., & Weeden, J. (2007). Do advertised preferences predict the behavior of speed daters? Personal Relationships, 14, 623-632. [link]
• Weeden, J. & Sabini, J. (2007). Subjective and objective measures of attractiveness and their relation to sexual behavior and sexual attitudes in university students. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 79-88.
• Weeden, J., Abrams, M., Green, M.C., & Sabini, J. (2006). Do high status people really have fewer children? Education, income, and fertility in the contemporary U.S. Human Nature, 17, 377-392.
• Kurzban, R., & Weeden, J. (2005). HurryDate: Mate preferences in action. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26(3), 227-244. [link]
• Weeden, J., & Sabini, J. (2005). Physical attractiveness and health in Western societies: A review. Psychological Bulletin, 131, 635-653.
• Weeden, J. (2003). Genetic interests, life histories, and attitudes towards abortion. Unpublished dissertation.