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Sliding vs Deciding: This blog is about romantic relationships and marriage, with insights from relationship science about how relationships develop and what makes or breaks them.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Whoosh

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In my last post (read it first), I noted new research that suggests that oxytocin does induce trust in another (as my other posts here have...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Gullible or Just Extra Nice?

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A study just came out today that adds some potential insights to my earlier posts about oxytocin. (See my earlier posts where I describe w...

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Coasting: Drive by Opportunities

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As you can tell, there is something about Sliding vs. Deciding that I think a lot about. In the briefest version of the concept, our team ...

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Oxytocin: I Feel Your Pain

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It’s hard for me to get tired of Oxytocin stories. I’m quite attached to them. Here’s the latest, which you can read about in a story by ...

Monday, April 12, 2010

Movin and Groovin: Do you want to be a rotator or a sitter?

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Some time ago, I blogged on a cool study by Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel. In this post, I want to highlight another study by these two soc...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Relationship Development and Oxytocin: A Theory of Men and Women

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Theory alert! I’m going to lay out a little theory here that is one I would love to be able to test fully in the future. It has to do wi...

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Well, It’s Men: Does He Flip for Her?

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[I’m sorry that took awhile to get back to this theme. I’ve been over-busy working on a grant.] In my last post, I left you with a quest...

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About Me

Scott Stanley, Ph.D.: I am a research professor who conducts studies on marriage and romantic relationships. Along with my colleagues, I also develop materials to help people in their relationships based on research. In addition to academic publications, I have written or co-written a number of books (see below). Together with colleagues Howard Markman and Natalie Jenkins, I head up a team at PREP, Inc. that produces various materials for use in marriage and relationship education. Howard Markman, Galena Rhoades, and I head up our research team at the University of Denver.

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