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Jaroslava Varella Valentova

Departamento de Psicologia Experimental
Linhas de Pesquisa: Etologia, Psicologia Evolucionista, Antropologia Evolucionista. Sexualidade humana, preferências e escolhas de parceiros, orientação sexual, relacionamentos amorosos, variação inter e intra-sexual, comportamento não-verbal, pesquisa inter-cultural.
Telefone: 55 11-3091-4444 | jaroslava@usp.br | Lattes | Orcid | Research ID | Scopus | Loop

Since 2015 I have been working as a Professor Doctor at the Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. 2010 – 2015 I worked as a post-doc researcher at the Center for Theoretical Study, a common workplace of the Charles University in Prague, and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. 2006 – 2010 I studied Ph.D. program in Anthropology, specialized in Human Ethology, at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 2004-2006 I studied master program in Anthropology, specialized in Human Ethology, at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 2000 – 2004 I did my undergraduate studies in Liberal Arts and Humanities, at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Since then I have specialized in Human Ethology, studying human sexuality, in particular sexual orientation from the evolutionary point of view.

I have research experience in evolutionary psychology, anthropology and human ethology. My primary research interest is human sexual orientation, and it’s proximate and ultimate causes. I further focus on research of masculinity and femininity,  differences between men and women in sexual strategies, sexual orientation attributions, mate preferences and mate choice and I have also been studying dynamics of long-term relationships, such as factors influencing relationship satisfaction, homogamy, complementarity, and jealousy. Recently I have been focusing on evolutionary aspects of appearance modifications, in particularly makeup usage. Cross-cultural research has been crucial in my empirical work.

Actual Under-Graduate courses:

  • PSE2251 2 – Relacionamento Amoroso: Evolução e Cultura (Romantic Relationships: Evolution and Culture), Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 4701381 2 – Perspectivas de pesquisa em psicologia (Perspectives in Psychological Research), Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • PSE3253 3 – Etologia do Ser Humano (Human Ethology), , Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Treino de Pesquisa em Psicologia I, II, III, IV (Training in Psychological research), Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 4701784 2 Trabalho de Pesquisa em Psicologia I, II (Methods in Psychological research), Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Actual Graduate (Master and PhD) courses:

  • PSE5907 – Atratividade e Sexualidade Humana na Perspectiva Evolucionista (Human attractiveness and sexuality from the evolutionary perspective), Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • PSE5914 – 1 – Abordagens interdisciplinares em Orientação Sexual (Interdisciplinary approaches to sexual orientation), Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Current undergraduate students:

  • Luana Oliveira da Silva: “Psychology of make-up use and its effects on unknown individuals“, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo – USP, Brazil (started in 2018, scholarship PUB, University of Sao Paulo)

Current Master degree students:

  • Yago Luksevicius de Moraes: “Individual differences in play activities from an ethological perspective” Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo – USP, Brazil (started in 2019, scholarship CNPq)
  • Natalia Machado Anchieta: “Association between the dark triad of personality and modification of appearance“, Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo – USP, Brazil (started 2017, scholarship CNPq)

Current Ph.D. students:

  • Caio Santos Alves da Silva: “Women’s sexual satisfaction as a cue to partner choice: Effect of characteristics of the partner, of the relationship, and type of sexual activities on orgasm frequency in women”, Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo – USP, Brazil (started in 2019, scholarship CNPq)
  • Rafael Ming Hsu: “Effect of personality and motivation on the practice of physical activities: An evolutionary Perspective“, Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo – USP, Brazil (started in 2018, scholarship Fapesp)

Current Post-docs:

  • Anthonieta Looman Mafra: “Effect of makeup on the users and third parties’ perceptions and behaviors“ Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo – USP, Brazil (started in 2019, scholarship Fapesp)

Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals:

  1. Pereira, K. J., David, V. F., Varella, M. A. C., Valentova, J. V. (under review). The influence of resource scarcity on multimodal preference in long-term, but not pathogen threat in short-term relationships, Evolution and Human Behavior
  2. Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Flake, J. K., Aczel, B., Adamkovic, M., Alaei, R., … Chartier, C. R. (under review). Social perception of faces around the world: How well does the valence-dominance model generalize across world regions? (Registered Report Stage 1). Nature Human Behavior
  3. Valentova, J. V., Junior, F. P. M., Štěrbová, Z., Varella, M. A. C, Fisher, M. L. (in press). The association between Dark Triad traits, sociosexuality, and mating and parenting efforts: A cross-cultural study, Personality and Individual Differences
  4. Bártová, K, Štěrbová, Z., Varella, M. A. C., Valentova, J. V. (2020). Femininity in men and masculinity in women is positively related to sociosexuality, Personality and Individual Differences, 152, doi 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109575
  5. Valentova, J. V., Tureček, P., Varella, M. A. C., Sebesta, P., Mendes, F. D. C., Pereira, K. J., Kubicová, L., Stolařová, P., Havlíček, J. (2019). Vocal parameters of speech and singing covary and are related to vocal attractiveness, body measures, and sociosexuality: A cross-cultural study, Frontiers in Psychology, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02029
  6. Pereira, K. J., Varella, M. A. C., Kleisner, K., Pavlovič, O., Valentova, J. V. (2019). Positive association between facial and vocal femininity/masculinity in women but not in men, Behavioural Processes, 164, 25-29.
  7. Pereira, K. J., da Silva, C. S. A., Havlíček, J., Kleisner, K. Varella, M. A. C., Pavlovič, O., Valentova, J. V. (2019). Femininity-masculinity and attractiveness – associations between self-ratings, third-party ratings and objective measures, Personality and Individual Differences, 147, 166-171.
  8. Moshontz, H., … Chartier, Ch., R. (2018). The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing psychology through a distributed collaborative network, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, doi: 10.1177/2515245918797607
  9. Třebický, V. Saribay, S. A., Kleisner, K., Akoko, R.M., Kočnar, T., Valentova, J.V., Varella, M.A.C., Havlíček, J. (2018). Cross-cultural evidence for apparent racial outgroup advantage: Congruence between perceived facial aggressiveness and fighting success. Nature Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27751-0
  10. Danel, D. P., Valentova, J. V., Sánchez, O. R., Leongómez, J. D., Varella, M. A. C., Kleisner, K. (2018). A cross-cultural study of sex-typicality and averageness: Correlation between frontal and lateral measures of human faces. American Journal of Human Biology, doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23147
  11. Valentova, J. V., Otta, E., Silva, M. L., McElligott, A. (2017). Underrepresentation of women in the senior levels of Brazilian science, PeerJ, 5:e4000. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4000
  12. Štěrbová, Z., Varella, M. A. C., Třebický, V., Havlíček, J., Valentova, J. V. (2018): Father’s physique influences mate preferences but not the actual choice of male somatotype in heterosexual women and homosexual men. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39, 130-138. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.09.002
  13. Štěrbová, Z.; Bártová, K.; Martinec Nováková, L.; Varella, M.; Havlíček, J.; Valentova, J. V. (2017): Assortative mating in personality among heterosexual and male homosexual couples from Brazil and the Czech Republic. Personality and Individual Differences, 112, 90-96. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.036
  14. Bártová, K.,Štěrbová, Z., Varella, M. A. C., Valentova, J. V. (2017): Homogamy in masculinity-femininity is positively linked to relationship quality in gay male couples from the Czech Republic, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(5), 1349–1359, doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0931-z
  15. Valentova, J. V.; Varella, M. A. C., Havlíček, J., & Kleisner, K. (2017): Positive association between vocal and facial attractiveness in women but not in men: A cross-cultural study, Behavioural Processes, 135, 95-100, doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2016.12.005
  16. Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A. C., Bártová, K, Štěrbová, Z., Dixson, B., W. (2017): Mate preferences and choices for facial and body hair in heterosexual
    women and homosexual men: Influence of sex, population, homogamy, and
    imprinting-like effect. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(2), 241-248. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.10.007
  17. Havlíček, J., Třebický, V., Valentova, J. V., Kleisner, K., Akoko, R. M., Fialová, J.,  Jash, R., Kočnar, T., Pereira, K. J., Štěrbová, Z.,Varella, M. A. C., Vokurková, J., Vunan, E.,& Roberts, S. C. (2017): Men’s preferences for women’s breast size and shape in four cultures. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(2), 217-226,doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.10.002
  18. Valentova, J. V., Štěrbová, Z., Bártová, K, Varella, M. A. C. (2017). Influence of sexual orientation, population, homogamy, and imprinting-like effect on preferences and choices for female buttock size, breast size and shape, and WHR, Personality and Individual Differences, 104, 313-319, doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.08.005
  19. Otta, E., Fernandes, E. S., Acquaviva, T. G., Lucci, T. K., Kiehl, L. C., Varella, M. A. C., Segal, N. L., Valentova, J. V. (2016). Twinning and multiple birth rates according to maternal agein the city of São Paulo, Brazil: 2003-2014, Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19(6), 679-686. doi: 10.1017/thg.2016.75
  20. Valentova, J. V., Štěrbová, Z., Bártová, K., Varella, M. A. C. (2016): Personality of ideal and actual romantic partners among heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and women: A cross-cultural study. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 160-166, doi: 0.1016/j.paid.2016.01.049
  21. Varella, M. A. C., Ferreira, J. H. B. C., Pereira, K. J., Bussab, V. S., & Valentova, J. V. (2016). Empathizing, systemizing, and the career choice in Brazil: Sex differences and individual variation among areas of study. Personality and Individual Differences, 97, 157-164. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.058
  22. Bártová, K., Štěrbová, Z., Valentova, J. V. (2016): Souvislost genderové nonkonformity a mužské homosexuální orientace (Association between gender nonconformity and male homosexual orientation), Československá Psychologie (Czech and Slovak Psychology), LX(2), 153-168.
  23. Valentova, J. V., Bártová, K., Štěrbová, Z., Varella, M. A. C. (2016).
    Preferred and actual relative height are related to sex, sexual orientation, and dominance: Evidence from Czech Republic and Brazil, Personality and Individual Differences, 100, 145-150, doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.049
  24. Valentova, J. V. & Varella, M. A. C. (2016). Further steps towards a truly integrative theory of sexuality, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 517–520, doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0630-1
  25. Varella, M. A. C. & Valentova, J. V. (2015). Letter from the Editorial Board, International Society for Human Ethology Travels to Amazon: A Narrative of a Special Issue based on the XXII ISHE Conference. Human Ethology Bulletin, 30, 1-6.
  26. Varella, M.A.C., Valentova, J.V., Pereira, K.J., Bussab, V.S.R. (2014): Promiscuity is related to masculine and feminine body traits in both men and women: Evidence from Brazilian and Czech samples, Behavioural Processes, 109, 34-39, doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.07.010
  27. Nováková, L., Valentova, J. V., Havlíček, J. (2014): Engagement in olfaction-related activities is associated with the ability of odor identification and odor awareness, Chemosensory Perception, 7, 56-67, doi: 10.1007/s12078-014-9167-2
  28. Valentova, J. V., Stulp, G., Třebický, V., Havlíček, J. (2014): Preferred and actual relative height among homosexual male partners vary with preferred dominance and sex role. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86534. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086534
  29. Valentova, J. V., Kleisner, K., Neustupa, J., Havlíček, J. (2014): Shape differences between the faces of heterosexual and homosexual men, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43, 2,353-361, doi: 10.1007/s10508-013-0194-x
  30. Valentova, J.V., Havlíček, J. (2013): Perceived sexual orientation based on vocal and facial stimuli is linked to self-rated sexual orientation in Czech men, PloS ONE 8(12): e82417. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082417
  31. Nováková, L., Valentová, J. V., Havlíček, J. (2013): Olfactory performance is predicted by individual sex-atypicality, but not sexual orientation, PLOS One,8 (11), e80234, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080234
  32. Valentová, J., Roberts, S. C., & Havlíček, J. (2013):  Preferences for facial and vocal masculinity in homosexual men: the role of relationship status, sexual restrictiveness, and self-perceived masculinity, Perception, 42, 187 – 197, doi: 10.1068/p6909
  33. Štěrbová, Z., Valentová, J. (2012): Influence of homogamy, complementarity, and sexual imprinting on mate choice, Anthropologie, 50, 1, 47-59
  34. Bártová, K., Valentová, J. (2012): Evolutionary perspective of same-sex sexuality: Homosexuality, and homosociality revisited, Anthropologie, 50, 1, 61-70
  35. Varella, M.A.C., Valentová, J., Pereira, K.J., Martins, R.A., Caramaschi, S. (2012): Homogamy preferences for cognitive sex-typicality in women, Anthropologie, 50, 1, 71-81
  36. Binter, J., Leongómez, J.D., Moyano, N., Valentová, J., Klapilova, K. (2012): Sex differences in the incidence of sexual fantasies focused on evolutionary relevant objects, Anthropologie, 50, 1, 83-93
  37. Havlicek, J., Novakova, L., Vondrova, M., Kuběna, A., Valentová, J., Roberts, S.C. (2012): Olfactory perception is positively linked to Anxiety in young adults, Perception, 41, 1246 – 1261, doi: 10.1068/p7244
  38. Valentová, J. (2012):Link between male sexual orientation and birth order: review, Česká a Slovenskápsychiatrie, 108 (6), 298-304
  39. Valentova, J., Rieger, G, Havlicek, J., Linsenmeier, J. & Bailey, J.M. (2011), Judgments of sexual orientation and masculinity-femininity based on thin slices of behavior: A cross-cultural comparison,  Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40 (6), 1145-1152, doi: 10.1007/s10508-011-9818-1
  40. Havlicek, J., Saxton, T. K., Roberts, C., Jozifkova, E., Lhota, S., Valentova, J.&Flegr, J. (2008), He sees, she smells? Male and female reports of sensory reliance in mate choice and non-mate choice contexts, Personality and Individual Differences, 45 (6), 565-570, doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.06.019
  41. Valentová, J. (2004) Sexual behavior, orientation, identification, preference and role. Lidé města – Urban people. 14: 150 – 169.

Books

  1. M. E. Yamamoto & J. V. Valentova (Eds.). Manual da Psicologia Evolucionista (Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology) EDUFRN: Natal, 2018, p. 839, ISBN: 978-85-425-0833-8

Chapters in books:

  1. Varella, M., Fernandes, E., Arantes, J., Acquaviva, T., Lucci, T., Hsu, R., David, V., Bussab, V., Valentova, J. V. & Otta, E. (2018). Twinning as an evolved age-dependent physiological mechanism: Evidence from large Brazilian samples, In Multiple Pregnancy (Ed. Julio Elito Jr.), London, UK: InTech Open, ISBN 978-953-51-6649-8
  2. Valentova, J. V., & Veloso, H. V. C. (2018). Estratégias sexuais e reprodutivas (Sexual and Reproductive Strategies), In Manual da Psicologia Evolucionista (Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology) (Eds. M. E. Yamamoto & J. V. Valentova), EDUFRN: Natal, 2018, p. 839, ISBN: 978-85-425-0833-8
  3. Fernandez, A. M., Shiramizu, V., & Valentova, J. V. (2018). Dinâmica e qualidade de relacionamentos: Manutenção e dissolução (Dynamics andqualityofrelationships: Maintenanceanddissolution), In Manual da Psicologia Evolucionista (Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology) (Eds. M. E. Yamamoto & J. V. Valentova), EDUFRN: Natal, 2018, p. 839, ISBN: 978-85-425-0833-8
  4. Valentova, J. V., & Varella, M. A. C. (2016). Sexual orientation and human sexuality. In: Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (Eds. T. K. Shackelford, & V. A. Weekes‐Shackelford), Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3622-1
  5. Klapilová, K., Androvičová, R., Bártová, K., Binter, J., Krejčová, L., Lindová, J., Průšová, D., Wells, T., Zikánová, T., & Valentova, J. V. (2016). (R)evolucevevýzkumulidské sexuality ((R)evolution in research of human sexuality), In: Horáček, J., Kesner, L., Höschl, C., Španiel, F. Mozek a jeho člověk, mysl a její nemoc (Brain and its human, mind and its illness). Praha: Galén, p. 117-129. ISBN: 978-80-7492-283-1.
  6. Varella, M. A. C., Valentova, J. V., & Fernández, A. M. (2015). Evolution of artistic and aesthetic propensities through female competitive ornamentation, In: The Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition (M. L. Fisher, Ed.), Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199376377.013.46.
  7. Valentová, J. (2012): Evolutionary theories of male homosexuality, In: Evolvendi antropologicae. Vývoj v antropologických perspektivách (Evolvendi antropologicae. Evolution in anthropological perspectives) (Ed. Hanovská, L., Horský, J., Hroníková, L.), p. 87-97, Togga: Praha, ISBN: 978-80-87258-76-7
  8. Valentová, J. & Procházka, I.  (2009) Homosexuality. In: Baštecká, B. (Ed.): Psychologická Encyklopedie – Aplikovaná psychologie (Encyclopedia of Psychology – Applied psychology), p. 118-126, Portál, Prague, ISBN 978-80-7367-470-0

Translations:

Lippa, R. „Gender, Nature, und Nurture“, LEA, New Jersey, 2005 (translated from the English original into Czech language, published as: „Pohlaví – příroda a  výchova“, 2009, Academia: Prague, p. 432, ISBN: 978-80-200-1719-2)