Publikacje
Ciochoń, A.; Balwicki, Ł.; Klimek, M.; Danel, D. P.; Apanasewicz, A.; Ziomkiewicz, A.; Galbarczyk, A.; Marcinkowska, U. M. 2025
Cigarette smoke exposure as a potential risk factor for sleep problems in pregnant women. Peer Community Journal, Volume 5 (2025), article no. e90
Obrochta WM, Klimek M, Bartecka P, Klaś K, Marcinkowska UM (2025) Is the human face a biomarker of health? – A scoping review. PLoS One 20(8): e0318138. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318138
Makhanova A, Maner JK, Jolin MDM, Phimmasene KEN, Jsienska G, Marcinkowskla U. 2025. Women’s affiliation across the menstrual cycle: Cycle phase variation and associations with progesterone and estradiol. 170: 105709, Hormones and Behavior
Marcinkowska UM, Kasparek KK, Zabdyr-Jamroz M, Kozłowska M, Nenko I. 2025. Decrease in reproductive desires among non-parent heterosexual women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland: the role of epidemiological stress, socioeconomic status, and reproductive rights. Frontiers in Public Health, 13.
Żyrek J ; Klimek M ; Apanasewicz A ; Ciochoń A, Danel D, Marcinkowska UM, Mijas M, Ziomkiewicz-Wichary A, Galbarczyk A. 2024. Social support during pregnancy and the risk of postpartum depression in Polish women : A prospective study. Scientific Reports 14 (1): 6906
Lee AJ, Jones BC. Zietsch, Jern P, Connolly H, Marcinkowska UM. No evidence that sociosexual orientation moderates effects of conception probability on women’s preferences for male facial masculinity. Sci Rep 13, 10245
Dong J, Leger K, Shiramizu VKM, Marcinkowska UM, Lee AJ, Jones BC. 2023. The importance of face-shape masculinity for perceptions of male dominance depends on study design. Scientific Reports, 13, 12620
Galbarczyk, A., Marcinkowska, U.M., Klimek, M, Jasienska, G. Extreme pubic hair removal as a potential risk factor for recurrent urinary tract infections in women. Sci Rep 13, 19045 (2023)
Golovina K, Nenko I, Marcinkowska UM. 2023. Childcare burden and changes in fertility desires of mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Psychol 14:1243907.
Marcinkowska, U.M. 2023. The Good Genes Hypothesis. In: Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_1081-1
Marcinkowska, U.M. 2023. Facial Width-to-Height Ratio (FWHR). In: Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham.
Klimek M, Marcinkowska UM, Galbarczyk A, Nenko I, Jasienska G. The age at first reproduction as a potential mediator between facial fluctuating asymmetry and reproductive success in women. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2023 Apr 8. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24746. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37029695.
Arslan RC, Blake K, Botzet LJ, Bürkner PC, DeBruine L, Fiers T, Grebe N, Hahn A, Jones BC, Marcinkowska UM, Mumford SL, Penke L, Roney JR, Schisterman EF, Stern J. Not within spitting distance: Salivary immunoassays of estradiol have subpar validity for predicting cycle phase. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2023 149:105994. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105994. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36527751.
U.M. Marcinkowska, T. Shirazi, M. Mijas, J.R. Roney, 2022. Hormonal Underpinnings of the Variation in Sexual Desire, Arousal and Activity Throughout the Menstrual Cycle – A Multifaceted Approach. Journal of Sex Research, 60: 1297–1303
Daiy K, Harries V, Nyhan K, Marcinkowska UM. Maternal weight status and the composition of the human milk microbiome: A scoping review. PLoS One. 2022 Oct 3;17(10):e0274950. PMID: 36191014; PMCID: PMC9529148.
A. Ciochoń, A, Apanasewicz, D. P. Danel , A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, A. Ziomkiewicz, U. M. Marcinkowska, Antenatal Classes in the Context of Prenatal Anxiety and Depression during the COVID-19 Pandemic, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, 19(9), 5073
M. Klimek, U. M. Marcinkowska, P. Fedurek, K. Kleisner, D. P. Danel, 2022, Like father, like child? Paternal age at birth and offspring’s
facial asymmetry and distinctiveness, Symmetry, 2022, 14(2), 344
U. M. Marcinkowska, B.C. Jones, A. J. Lee, 2021, Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample. 11:10905
U. M. Marcinkowska, B.C. Jones, H. Cai,J. Contreras-Garduno, I. E. Onyishi, C.T. Orjiakor, K. Prasai, F. Pazhoohi, H. Taniguchi, A.J. Lee, 2021. An exploratory, cross-cultural study on perception of putative cyclical changes in facial fertility cues. Scientific Reports 11:16911
U. M. Marcinkowska, A. Ziomkiewicz-Wichary, Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska, Danuta Kornafel, Sławomir Kozieł, Dariusz P. Danel, 2021. Changes in facial shape throughout pregnancy – A computational exploratory approach. Symmetry 13, 1944
U.M. Marcinkowska, G. Brewer, A. Jaremba, I. Jones, E. Payne & M. Lyons, 2021. Dark triad, sociosexual orientation, and mate preferences in short and long-term relationships – Exploratory study. Personality and Individual Differences. 180: 110968.
U. M. Marcinkowska, A. Ziomkiewicz, K. Kleisner, A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, G. Jasienska & R. G. Bribiescas, 2020. Oxidative stress as a hidden cost of attractiveness in postmenopausal women, Scientific Reports. 10: 21970
U.M. Marcinkowska. M. Mijas, K. Koziara, N. Grebe & G. Jasienska, 2020. Variation in sociosexuality across natural menstrual cycles: Associations with ovarian. In Press
U. M. Marcinkowska, 2020. Importance of Daily Sex Hormone Measurements Within the Menstrual Cycle for Fertility Estimates in Cyclical Shifts Studies. Evolutionary Psychology, 18(1), 1474704919897913
U.M. Marcinkowska & Iris Holzleitner, 2020. Stability of women’s facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287: 20192910
R. Thomson, M. Yuki, T. Talhelm, J. Schug, M. Kito, A.H. Ayanian, J.C. Becker, M. Becker, C. Chiu, H. Choi, C.M. Ferreira, M. Fülöp, P. Gul, A.M.Houghton-Illera, M. Joasoo, J. Jong, C. M. Kavanagh, D. Khutkyy, C. Manzi, U.M. Marcinkowska, T.L. Milfont, F. Neto, T. Oertzen, R. Pliskin, A. San Martin, P. Singh & M.L.Visserman, 2019. Relational mobility predicts social behaviors in 39 countries and is tied to historical farming and threat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(29): 7521 7526
U.M. Marcinkowska, S. Helle, B. C. Jones & G. Jasienska, 2019. Does testosterone predict women’s preference for facial masculinity? PLOS One 14(2): e0210636
U.M. Marcinkowska, A.C. Hahn, A.C. Little, L.M. DeBruine & B.C. Jones, 2019. No evidence that women using oral contraceptives have weaker preferences for masculine characteristics in men’s face. PLOS One 14(1): e0210162
U.M. Marcinkowska, M.J. Rantala, A.J. Lee, M.V. Kozlov, T. Aavik, H. Cai, J. Contreras-Garduño, O.A. David, G. Kaminski, N.P. Li, I.E. Onyishi, K. Prasai, F. Pazhoohi, P. Prokop, A.L. Rosales Cardozo, N. Sydney, H. Taniguchi, I. Krams & B.J.W. Dixson, 2019. Women’s preferences for men’s facial masculinity are strongest under favorable ecological conditions. Scientific Reports, 9:3387
A. Galbarczyk, M. Mijas, U. M. Marcinkowska, K. Koziara, A. Apanasewicz & A. Ziomkiewicz, 2019 Association between sexual orientations of individuals and perceptions of tattooed men. Psychology & Sexuality 11:3, 150-160
B.C. Jones, U.M. Marcinkowska, L.M. DeBruine, 2019. Assessing the evidentiary value of secondary data analyses: A commentary on Gangestad, Dinh, Grebe, Del Giudice, and Thompson (2019). Evolution and Human Behavior, 40(6): 531-532
U.M. Marcinkowska, 2018. ”Female Mate Choice”, Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, eds. Todd Shackelford & Viviana Weekes-Shackelford, Springer, Cham., USA.
U.M. Marcinkowska, A. Galbarczyk & G. Jasienska, 2018. La donna è mobile? Lack of cyclical shifts in facial symmetry, and facial and body masculinity preferences – a hormone based study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 88: 47-53
T.A. Reynolds, A. Makhanova, U.M. Marcinkowska, G. Jasienska, J.K. McNulty, L.A. Eckel, L. Nikonova & J.K. Maner, 2018. Luteal phase progesterone and interpersonal anxiety: Early social preparation for possible pregnancy. Hormones and Behavior 102: 34-40
U.M. Marcinkowska, 2019. Czy w okresie wysokiej płodnosci kobiety poszukują cech sygnalizujących dobre geny? Kosmos, 68(1):322
U.M. Marcinkowska, G. Kaminski, A.C. Little & G. Jasienska, 2018. Average cycle progesterone levels, rather than daily hormone levels and their fluctuations are related to facial masculinity preference. Hormones and Behavior 102: 114-119
J. Antfolk, L. Johansson, M. Westerlund, U.M. Marcinkowska, P. Santtila, 2018. The role of intra-sexual competition in attitudes towards immigrants, Personality and Individual Differences 132: 54-89
B.J.W. Dixson, A.J. Lee, K.R. Blake, G. Jasienska & U.M. Marcinkowska, 2018. Women’s preferences for men’s beards show no relation to their ovarian cycle phase and sex hormone levels. Hormones and Behavior 97:137-144
G. Richards, M. Klimek, G. Jasienska & U.M. Marcinkowska, 2018. Digit ratio (2D:4D) and circulating testosterone, oestradiol, and progesterone levels across the menstrual cycle. Early Human Development 117:68-73
U.M. Marcinkowska, B.J.W. Dixson, M.V. Kozlov, K. Prasai & M.J. Rantala, 2017. Men’s Preferences for Female Facial Femininity Decline With Age. Journals of gerontology, Series B-Psychological and Social Sciences 72(1): 180-186
U.M. Marcinkowska, A.C. Little, A. Galbarczyk, I. Nenko, M. Klimek & G. Jasienska, 2017. Costs of reproduction are reflected in women’s faces: post-menopausal women with fewer children are perceived as more attractive, healthier and younger than women with more children. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165(3):589-593
U.M. Marcinkowska, P. Prokop & G. Jasienska, 2017. A Comparison of Masculinity Facial Preference Among Naturally Cycling, Pregnant, Lactating, and Post-Menopausal Women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47(5):1367–1374
M. Klimek, U.M. Marcinkowska & G. Jasienska, 2017. Value of digit ratio 2D:4D, a biomarker of prenatal hormone exposure, is stable across the menstrual cycle. Early Human Development 110:21-24
U.M. Marcinkowska, P.T. Ellison, A. Galbarczyk, K. Milkowska, B. Pawlowski, I. Thune & G. Jasienska, 2016. Lack of support for relation between woman’s masculinity preference, estradiol level and mating context. Hormones and Behavior 78:1-7
U.M. Marcinkowska, S. Helle & M.T. Lyons, 2016. Women’s reproductive success and the preference for Dark Triad in men’s faces. Evolution and Human Behavior 37(4): 287–292 12
M.T. Lyons, U.M. Marcinkowska, V. Palmer & N. Harrison, 2016. Relationship status and resource availability affect women’s preference for masculinity: evidence from an eye-tracking study. Personality and Individual Differences 95:25-28
U.M. Marcinkowska, J. Terraube & G. Kaminski, 2016. How did my little sister influence my facial preferences? Nature Scientific Reports 2016 6: 33545
M.T. Lyons, U.M. Marcinkowska & S. Helle, 2015. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most masculine of them all? The Dark Triad, masculinity, and women’s mate choice. Personality and Individual Differences, 74:153-158
U.M. Marcinkowska, S. Helle, & M.T. Lyons, 2015. Dark traits: Sometimes hot, and sometimes not? Female preferences for Dark Triad faces depend on sociosexuality and contraceptive use. Personality and Individual Differences 86:369-373
R. Burris, U.M. Marcinkowska & M.T. Lyons, 2014. Gaze properties of women judging the attractiveness of masculine and feminine male faces. Evolutionary Psychology 12(1): 1935
U.M. Marcinkowska, M.V. Kozlov, J. Contreras Garduno, B.J.W. Dixson, G.A. Oana, G. Kaminski, N.P. Li, M.T. Lyon, I.E. Onyishi, K. Prasai, P. Prokop, S. Rosales Cardozo, N. Sydney, J.C. Yong & M.J. Rantala, 2014. Crosscultural variation in men’s preference for sexual dimorphism in women faces. Biology Letters, 10: 20130850
U.M. Marcinkowska, F.H. Moore & M.J. Rantala, 2013. An experimental test of Westermarck effect: sex differences in inbreeding avoidance. Behavioral Ecology 24: 842845
R. Moore, V. Coetzee, J. Contreras-Garduño, L. M. Debruine, K. Kleisner, I. Krams, U.M. Marcinkowska, A. Nord, D. I. Perrett, M. J. Rantala, N. Schaum & T. N. Suzuki, 2012. Cross-cultural variation in women’s preferences for cues to sex- and stress-hormones in male face. Biology Letters 9(3):20130050
U.M. Marcinkowska & M.J. Rantala, 2012. Sexual imprinting on facial traits of oppositesex parents in humans. Evolutionary Psychology 10(3): 621630
M.J. Rantala & U.M. Marcinkowska, 2011. The role of positive and negative sexual imprinting on mate choice in humans. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65:859– 873
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