Articles by author - F Muscarella

The alliance theory of homosexual behavior and the perception of social status and reproductive opportunities.

Muscarella F, Cevallos A, Siler-Knogl A, Peterson L.

Clinical Trial 2005; 26(6): 771-774 PubMed PMID: 16380685  Keywords:  Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Cultural Evolution, Female, Hierarchy, Social, Homosexuality, Humans, Male, Psychological Theory, Reproduction, Sex Factors, Sexual Behavior:psychology, Social Behavior,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The alliance theory holds that homosexual behavior in humans may have evolved because it reinforced same-sex alliances which c.....

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Brain differentiation and preferred partner characteristics in heterosexual and homosexual men and women.

Muscarella F, Elias V, Szuchman L.

Clinical Trial 2004; 25(4): 297-301 PubMed PMID: 15361821  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Brain:physiology, Female, Homosexuality:physiology, Humans, Male, Sex Characteristics, Sex Differentiation, Sexual Behavior:physiology, Sexual Partners:psychology, Surveys and Questionnaires,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The current study examined and compared the preferred partner characteristics of heterosexual and homosexual men and women in .....

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Preferred partner characteristics in homosexual men in relation to speculated patterns of brain differentiation.

Muscarella F.

Journal Article 2002; 23(4): 299-302 PubMed PMID: 12195230  Keywords:  Adult, Aged, Aging:physiology, Brain:physiology, Homosexuality, Male, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Characteristics, Sexual Behavior:physiology, Surveys and Questionnaires,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The current study was designed to test a neurohormonally based theory of sexual orientation and preferred partner characterist.....

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Homosexual orientation in males: evolutionary and ethological aspects.

Muscarella F, Fink B, Grammer K, Kirk-Smith M.

Journal Article 2001; 22(6): 393-400 PubMed PMID: 11781535  Keywords:  Adaptation, Physiological, Biological Evolution, Brain:physiology, Culture, Homosexuality, Male:ethnology, Humans, Male, Neurosecretory Systems:physiology,.    Citation

: Evolutionary theory proposes that adaptive traits are reproduced more successfully than maladaptive traits. Accordingly, natural selecti.....

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