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Deep Inside: A Study of 10,000 Porn Stars

Deep Inside: A Study of 10,000 Porn Stars and Their Careers

What does the average porn performer really look like and do on film? In the first porn study of its kind, I analyzed a data set of 10,000 porn stars to put our perceptions of X-rated media to the test.

Down the Rabbit Hole: What One Million Sex Toy Sales Reveal About Our Erotic Tastes, Kinks and Desires

I was given unprecedented access to one million sex toy sales by Britain’s number one adult retailer to find out what turns on and gets off 250,000 men and women.
Cupid on Trial: A Four-month Online Dating Experiment Using 10 Fictional Singletons

Cupid on Trial: A Four-month Online Dating Experiment With 10 Fictional Singletons

Is online dating a different experience for men than it is for women? I conducted a four-month experiment in the US and UK using ten dummy dating profiles.
Death in Texas: Analyzing the Last Words of 478 Death Row Prisoners

Death in Texas: Analyzing the Last Words of 478 Death Row Prisoners

Roughly once every 22 days, a convicted killer is executed in Texas. He cannot choose his final meal, but he can choose his last words.
Life of a Call Girl: Fantasy vs. Reality

Life of a Call Girl: Fantasy vs. Reality

I surveyed dozens of escorts and the adverts of over a thousand more to find out what it’s really like to be a call girl. The truth is a blend of the bizarre and the mundane.
Dirty Words: A Probing Analysis of 5,000 Call Girl Reviews

Dirty Words: A Probing Analysis of 5,000 Call Girl Reviews

I analyzed a million words extracted from 5,000 reviews of UK escorts to find out how men who pay for sex speak – and perhaps think – about sex workers.
The Science of Compliments

Your [Noun] Looks So [Adjective]! — The Science of Giving Compliments

Compliments are swapped millions of times a day, but some are better than others. With insights from psycholinguistics, I dissect the anatomy of a compliment.
New Hairstyle Syndrome — The Illusion of Sudden Social Conspicuousness

New Hairstyle Syndrome — The Illusion of Sudden Social Conspicuousness

When you change something about your appearance, is the sudden feeling of being socially conspicuous warranted or is it just a trick of the mind?
How to Cope with Heartbreak

Wounded: How to Cope with Heartbreak

The eight stages of heartbreak have a lot in common with a physical flesh wound. But as you’ll see, that doesn’t mean you can’t get through them.
Deep Inside: A Study of 10,000 Porn Stars

Deep Inside: A Study of 10,000 Porn Stars and Their Careers

What does the average porn performer really look like and do on film? In the first porn study of its kind, I analyzed a data set of 10,000 porn stars to put our perceptions of X-rated media to the test.

Down the Rabbit Hole: What One Million Sex Toy Sales Reveal About Our Erotic Tastes, Kinks and Desires

I was given unprecedented access to one million sex toy sales by Britain’s number one adult retailer to find out what turns on and gets off 250,000 men and women.
Cupid on Trial: A Four-month Online Dating Experiment Using 10 Fictional Singletons

Cupid on Trial: A Four-month Online Dating Experiment With 10 Fictional Singletons

Is online dating a different experience for men than it is for women? I conducted a four-month experiment in the US and UK using ten dummy dating profiles.
Death in Texas: Analyzing the Last Words of 478 Death Row Prisoners

Death in Texas: Analyzing the Last Words of 478 Death Row Prisoners

Roughly once every 22 days, a convicted killer is executed in Texas. He cannot choose his final meal, but he can choose his last words.
Life of a Call Girl: Fantasy vs. Reality

Life of a Call Girl: Fantasy vs. Reality

I surveyed dozens of escorts and the adverts of over a thousand more to find out what it’s really like to be a call girl. The truth is a blend of the bizarre and the mundane.
Dirty Words: A Probing Analysis of 5,000 Call Girl Reviews

Dirty Words: A Probing Analysis of 5,000 Call Girl Reviews

I analyzed a million words extracted from 5,000 reviews of UK escorts to find out how men who pay for sex speak – and perhaps think – about sex workers.
The Science of Compliments

Your [Noun] Looks So [Adjective]! — The Science of Giving Compliments

Compliments are swapped millions of times a day, but some are better than others. With insights from psycholinguistics, I dissect the anatomy of a compliment.
New Hairstyle Syndrome — The Illusion of Sudden Social Conspicuousness

New Hairstyle Syndrome — The Illusion of Sudden Social Conspicuousness

When you change something about your appearance, is the sudden feeling of being socially conspicuous warranted or is it just a trick of the mind?
How to Cope with Heartbreak

Wounded: How to Cope with Heartbreak

The eight stages of heartbreak have a lot in common with a physical flesh wound. But as you’ll see, that doesn’t mean you can’t get through them.

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