Adam Bode
@adambode.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary romantic love and human mating researcher doing a PhD in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University. French learner... squash player...
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· Apr 17
The Science Of Why We Fall In Love - triple j
Let’s unpack romantic love!!!
why do we fall in love? And why only with certain people over others? Is love at first sight real? Can you stay in love your whole life? What’s happening in the brain an...
www.abc.net.au
I had the pleasure of appearing on triple j's (Australia's public youth radio station) The Hookup talking about the science of romantic love. If you want to hear what I'm telling the youth about romantic love, have a listen: www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...
Pleased to announce that my chapter with Phil Kavanagh @martakowal.bsky.social about how to apply evolutionary theory to study romantic love has been published in the International Handbook of Love (2nd ed). link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
Using an Evolutionary Approach to Study Romantic Love
Since the middle of the last century, there has been a proliferation of evolutionary social sciencesEvolutionary social sciences investigating human social processesHuman social processes and psycholo...
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September 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pleased to announce that my chapter with Phil Kavanagh @martakowal.bsky.social about how to apply evolutionary theory to study romantic love has been published in the International Handbook of Love (2nd ed). link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
Earlier this year a paper was published on the biology of love that had many shortcomings. My co-author,
@Marta7Kowal and I wrote an opinion piece outlining problems with this paper... www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
@Marta7Kowal and I wrote an opinion piece outlining problems with this paper... www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
Frontiers | We know more and less about love: a comment on Babková and Repiská (2025)
Love is an important aspect of human life. It is the glue that keeps families together, ensures the raising of viable offspring, and is the basis for romanti...
www.frontiersin.org
August 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Earlier this year a paper was published on the biology of love that had many shortcomings. My co-author,
@Marta7Kowal and I wrote an opinion piece outlining problems with this paper... www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
@Marta7Kowal and I wrote an opinion piece outlining problems with this paper... www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...
Amazing new study just published led by the amazing @martakowal.bsky.social using data collected by S Craig Roberts...
Couples who meet online love their partner less!
Nationally representative data from 50 countries!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Couples who meet online love their partner less!
Nationally representative data from 50 countries!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Meeting partners online is related to lower relationship satisfaction and love: Data from 50 countries
The Internet has fundamentally reshaped how people meet and form romantic relationships. But how significant are these changes, and what do they mean …
www.sciencedirect.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Amazing new study just published led by the amazing @martakowal.bsky.social using data collected by S Craig Roberts...
Couples who meet online love their partner less!
Nationally representative data from 50 countries!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Couples who meet online love their partner less!
Nationally representative data from 50 countries!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Today in 1864, Thomas Huxley doodled this “ancient ape-man of Gibraltar” while bored in a meeting. It was inspired by the Forbes Quarry skull—a fossil his friend was puzzling over that we’d later recognize as a Neanderthal. #OnThisDay 🏺
July 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today in 1864, Thomas Huxley doodled this “ancient ape-man of Gibraltar” while bored in a meeting. It was inspired by the Forbes Quarry skull—a fossil his friend was puzzling over that we’d later recognize as a Neanderthal. #OnThisDay 🏺
Five enjoyable years of sporadic effort... I just submitted my PhD thesis. Yay!
June 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Five enjoyable years of sporadic effort... I just submitted my PhD thesis. Yay!
Here's a quick read I wrote for Chalk Magazine - everything you need to know about the science of romantic love in 7 minutes. www.chalk-magazine.com/articles/wha...
What is love? — Chalk
Romantic love is one of humankind’s most powerful feelings. What does it do to us? And where does it come from? Adam Bode
www.chalk-magazine.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Here's a quick read I wrote for Chalk Magazine - everything you need to know about the science of romantic love in 7 minutes. www.chalk-magazine.com/articles/wha...
New paper out led by fabulous collaborators at the University of Wroclaw.
Love as a universal phenomenon: Data from nine non-WEIRD societies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Love as a universal phenomenon: Data from nine non-WEIRD societies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Love as a universal phenomenon: Data from nine non-WEIRD societies
Love has long been hypothesized to be a universal human experience. However, most studies testing this claim have relied on historical data or heavily…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
New paper out led by fabulous collaborators at the University of Wroclaw.
Love as a universal phenomenon: Data from nine non-WEIRD societies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Love as a universal phenomenon: Data from nine non-WEIRD societies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
They are opening an Aldi 1 minute's drive from my apartment. My life score just increased .2...
May 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
They are opening an Aldi 1 minute's drive from my apartment. My life score just increased .2...
I had the pleasure of appearing on triple j's (Australia's public youth radio station) The Hookup talking about the science of romantic love. If you want to hear what I'm telling the youth about romantic love, have a listen: www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...
The Science Of Why We Fall In Love - triple j
Let’s unpack romantic love!!!
why do we fall in love? And why only with certain people over others? Is love at first sight real? Can you stay in love your whole life? What’s happening in the brain an...
www.abc.net.au
April 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I had the pleasure of appearing on triple j's (Australia's public youth radio station) The Hookup talking about the science of romantic love. If you want to hear what I'm telling the youth about romantic love, have a listen: www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...
Reposted by Adam Bode
✨️The EHBEA 2025 Starter Pack is Here! ✨️
- Follow #EHBEA2025 conference presenters & attendees! 👩🔬👨🔬
- Attending EHBEA?? Comment bellow or send us a message to be added!
#CoolEvoScience #HumanBehaviour #SharingResearch
@ehbea.bsky.social
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- Follow #EHBEA2025 conference presenters & attendees! 👩🔬👨🔬
- Attending EHBEA?? Comment bellow or send us a message to be added!
#CoolEvoScience #HumanBehaviour #SharingResearch
@ehbea.bsky.social
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April 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
✨️The EHBEA 2025 Starter Pack is Here! ✨️
- Follow #EHBEA2025 conference presenters & attendees! 👩🔬👨🔬
- Attending EHBEA?? Comment bellow or send us a message to be added!
#CoolEvoScience #HumanBehaviour #SharingResearch
@ehbea.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/83e84Ca
- Follow #EHBEA2025 conference presenters & attendees! 👩🔬👨🔬
- Attending EHBEA?? Comment bellow or send us a message to be added!
#CoolEvoScience #HumanBehaviour #SharingResearch
@ehbea.bsky.social
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Two Fully-Funded PhD positions at Auckland Uni!
Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.
#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.
#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Two Fully-Funded PhD positions at Auckland Uni!
Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.
#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.
#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
New paper out with Phil Kavanagh.
Variation exists in the expression of romantic love: A cluster analytic study of young adults experiencing romantic love
When you are in love, are you a mild, moderate, intense, or libidinous lover?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Variation exists in the expression of romantic love: A cluster analytic study of young adults experiencing romantic love
When you are in love, are you a mild, moderate, intense, or libidinous lover?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Variation exists in the expression of romantic love: A cluster analytic study of young adults experiencing romantic love
Variation exists in the expression of romantic love, but to date, no studies have specifically investigated this phenomenon. This study employed a Two…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New paper out with Phil Kavanagh.
Variation exists in the expression of romantic love: A cluster analytic study of young adults experiencing romantic love
When you are in love, are you a mild, moderate, intense, or libidinous lover?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Variation exists in the expression of romantic love: A cluster analytic study of young adults experiencing romantic love
When you are in love, are you a mild, moderate, intense, or libidinous lover?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Adam Bode
Charles Darwin published his book Descent of Man #OnThisDay in 1871. In it he wrote: "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known, but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
February 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Charles Darwin published his book Descent of Man #OnThisDay in 1871. In it he wrote: "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known, but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
New paper out with Severe Luoto and Phil Kavanagh.
Sex differences in romantic love: an evolutionary perspective.
It fills a long neglected gap in the literature on sex differences and human mating...
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Sex differences in romantic love: an evolutionary perspective.
It fills a long neglected gap in the literature on sex differences and human mating...
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Sex differences in romantic love: an evolutionary perspective - Biology of Sex Differences
Background Evolutionary selection pressures, most notably sexual selection, have created (and continue to sustain) many psychobehavioral differences between females and males. One such domain where ps...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New paper out with Severe Luoto and Phil Kavanagh.
Sex differences in romantic love: an evolutionary perspective.
It fills a long neglected gap in the literature on sex differences and human mating...
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Sex differences in romantic love: an evolutionary perspective.
It fills a long neglected gap in the literature on sex differences and human mating...
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Just submitted another paper :)
February 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Just submitted another paper :)
Accidentally closed my browser. Amazing. Now I only have about 5 tabs open...
February 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Accidentally closed my browser. Amazing. Now I only have about 5 tabs open...
Got my first hate mail resulting from our recent SSRI study 😒
February 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Got my first hate mail resulting from our recent SSRI study 😒
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New research challenges fears that antidepressants dull passion. In a large international survey, young adults on these medications experienced the same intensity, obsession, and commitment of love as their unmedicated peers. #Antidepressants #MentalHealth #RomanticLove #LoveResearch #Psychology
Popular antidepressants don’t appear to dull romantic love, study finds
New research challenges fears that antidepressants dull passion. In a large international survey, young adults on these medications experienced the same intensity, obsession, and commitment of love as their unmedicated peers.
www.psypost.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New research challenges fears that antidepressants dull passion. In a large international survey, young adults on these medications experienced the same intensity, obsession, and commitment of love as their unmedicated peers. #Antidepressants #MentalHealth #RomanticLove #LoveResearch #Psychology
My colleagues and I tested an 18 year-old theory that SSRIs negatively affect romantic love. In 810 people from 33 countries, we found no evidence of this.
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SSRI use is not associated with the intensity of romantic love, obsessive thinking about a loved one, commitment, or sexual frequency in a sample of young adults experiencing romantic love
For >15 years, researchers have speculated that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) use is associated with negative romantic love outcomes. …
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February 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
My colleagues and I tested an 18 year-old theory that SSRIs negatively affect romantic love. In 810 people from 33 countries, we found no evidence of this.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'm pleased to announce that I will be appearing with other experts at the World Science Festival in Brisbane on 29 March to discuss "Love (and other heart conditions)."
worldsciencefestival.com.au/events/love-...
worldsciencefestival.com.au/events/love-...
Love (and other heart conditions) - World Science Festival Queensland
worldsciencefestival.com.au
January 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm pleased to announce that I will be appearing with other experts at the World Science Festival in Brisbane on 29 March to discuss "Love (and other heart conditions)."
worldsciencefestival.com.au/events/love-...
worldsciencefestival.com.au/events/love-...
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered the poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X 👏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Roughly 6,000 readers answered the poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X 👏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered the poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X 👏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Roughly 6,000 readers answered the poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X 👏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Every week, I see a new study talking about this or that effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists like #ozempic. FINALLY, we have a study evaluating all the outcomes (good and bad) in one dataset. There are some... surprises. 🧵
January 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Every week, I see a new study talking about this or that effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists like #ozempic. FINALLY, we have a study evaluating all the outcomes (good and bad) in one dataset. There are some... surprises. 🧵