Emily Harris

Beliefs About Gender Predict Faking Orgasm in Heterosexual Women

Emily A Harris, Matthew J Hornsey, Hannah F Larsen, Fiona Kate Barlow

Journal article  |  2019  |  ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

The majority of women have faked an orgasm at least once in their lives. In the current study, we assessed how women's worldviews ..

Exploring Cultural Differences in the Extent to Which People Perceive and Desire Control

Matthew J Hornsey, Katharine H Greenaway, Emily A Harris, Paul G Bain

Journal article  |  2019  |  PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN

In a seminal theory piece, Weisz and colleagues argued that control over one's environment was less attainable and desirable in Ja..

How Much Is Enough in a Perfect World? Cultural Variation in Ideal Levels of Happiness, Pleasure, Freedom, Health, Self-Esteem, Longevity, and Intelligence

Matthew J Hornsey, Paul G Bain, Emily A Harris, Nadezhda Lebedeva, Emiko S Kashima, Yanjun Guan, Roberto Gonzalez, Sylvia Xiaohua Chen, Sheyla Blumen

Journal article  |  2018  |  PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The maximization principle-that people aspire to the highest possible level of something good if all practical constraints are rem..

Relationships among conspiratorial beliefs, conservatism and climate scepticism across nations

Matthew J Hornsey, Emily A Harris, Kelly S Fielding

Journal article  |  2018  |  NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE

Studies showing that scepticism about anthropogenic climate change is shaped, in part, by conspiratorial and conservative ideologi..

The Psychological Roots of Anti-Vaccination Attitudes: A 24-Nation Investigation

Matthew J Hornsey, Emily A Harris, Kelly S Fielding

Journal article  |  2018  |  HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: Strengthening of antivaccination movements in recent decades has coincided with unprecedented increases in the incidenc..

Fifty Shades Flipped: Effects of Reading Erotica Depicting a Sexually Dominant Woman Compared to a Sexually Dominant Man

Emily Ann Harris, Michael Thai, Fiona Kate Barlow

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH

The present study examined the effects of reading submission- and dominance-themed erotica on attitudes toward women and rape, ide..

On the Link Between Benevolent Sexism and Orgasm Frequency in Heterosexual Women

Emily Ann Harris, Matthew J Hornsey, Fiona Kate Barlow

Journal article  |  2016  |  ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

Previous research on subclinical orgasmic difficulties among women has focused on intrapsychic and interpersonal variables, but li..

Meta-analyses of the determinants and outcomes of belief in climate change

Matthew J Hornsey, Emily A Harris, Paul G Bain, Kelly S Fielding

Journal article  |  2016  |  NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE

Interpersonal communication about climate change: how messages change when communicated through simulated online social networks

Paul Connor, Emily Harris, Sophie Guy, Julian Fernando, Daniel B Shank, Tim Kurz, Paul G Bain, Yoshihisa Kashima

Journal article  |  2016  |  CLIMATIC CHANGE

Climate change communication research has mainly focused on how to communicate climate change effectively to the public. By contra..

Testing the mate-choice hypothesis of the female orgasm: disentangling traits and behaviours.

James M Sherlock, Morgan J Sidari, Emily Ann Harris, Fiona Kate Barlow, Brendan P Zietsch

Journal article  |  2016  |  Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol

BACKGROUND: The evolution of the female orgasm in humans and its role in romantic relationships is poorly understood. Whereas the ..