Dr. David Buss: How Humans Select & Keep Romantic Partners in Short & Long Term | Episode 48

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode my guest is Dr. David Buss Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin and one of the founding members of the field of evolutionary psychology.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Buss describes his work on how people select mates for short and long-term relationships, the dynamics of human courtship, and mate value assessment — meaning how people measure up as potential partners. We also discuss the causes of infidelity and differences for infidelity in men and women. He explains how people evaluate and try to alter other people’s mate value as a means to secure and even poach mates. We discuss monogamous and non-monogamous relationships in humans. And we discuss what Dr. Buss calls “the dark triad”— features common in stalkers and narcissists that relate to sexual and psychological violence in relationships.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is sure to be of interest to anyone single or in a relationship who seeks to know how people select mates, and anyone who is interested in forming and maintaining healthy romantic partnerships.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you to our sponsors:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">ROKA - <a href= "https://www.roka.com">https://www.roka.com</a> - code "huberman"</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">InsideTracker - <a href= "https://www.insidetracker.com/huberman">https://www.insidetracker.com/huberman</a> </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Headspace - <a href= "https://www.headspace.com/specialoffer">https://www.headspace.com/specialoffer</a> </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Patreon page:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.patreon.com/andrewhuberman">https://www.patreon.com/andrewhuberman</a> </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supplements from Thorne:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a