Mag. Dr. Bernhard Fink
Courses
Summer term 2026
Publications
Will, S, Beckmann, M, Kunstmann, K, Kerschbaumer, J, Loh, YL, Stofel, S, Matts, PJ, Shackelford, TK & Fink, B 2026, 'Perceptions of female age, health, and attractiveness vary with systematic hair manipulations', International Journal of Cosmetic Science, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 296-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/ics.70028
Fink, B, Campiche, R, Shackelford, T & Voegeli, R 2025, 'Effects of under-eye skin and crow’s feet on perceived facial appearance in women of five ethnic groups', International Journal of Cosmetic Science, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 510-522. https://doi.org/10.1111/ics.13045
Windhager, S, Schaefer, K & Fink, B 2025, 'From Calibrated Morphs to Facial Stimuli: The Beauty of a Statistically Informed Picture', American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 37, no. 5, e70048. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70048
DeLecce, T, Sundin, ZW, Fink, B & Shackelford, T 2025, 'Male and female BMI are not associated with copulatory ejaculate Quality in committed couples', Evolutionary Psychological Science, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 433-438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-025-00456-0
Fink, B, Campiche, R, Shackelford, T & Voegeli, R 2024, 'Age-dependent changes in skin features and perceived facial appearance in women of five ethnic groups', International Journal of Cosmetic Science, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 1017-1034. https://doi.org/10.1111/ics.13003
Fink, B & Manning, JT 2024, 'Special Issue “Biological and Psychological Perspectives”: Guest editorial', Early Human Development, vol. 198, 106127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106127
Schäfer, K, Seiser, VM, Prucha, S, Kerschbaumer, V, Fink, B & Windhager, S 2024, 'Male facial cues to physical strength in Europe: Medium-strength preference and higher aggressiveness attribution to the weakest', American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 36, no. 6, e24040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24040
Manning, JT, Fink, B & Trivers, R 2024, 'Digit Ratio (2D:4D; Right-Left 2D:4D) and Multiple Phenotypes for Same-Sex Attraction: The BBC Internet Study Revisited', Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02703-6
Butovskaya, ML, Adam, Y, Batsevich, V, Shackelford, T & Fink, B 2024, 'Associations between 2D:4D from direct and radiographic measurements with handgrip strength in young adult Tuvans', Early Human Development, vol. 193, 106037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106037
Schäfer, K, Butovskaya, ML, Mabulla, AZP, Fink, B & Windhager, S 2024, Male facial cues to high stature among Europeans and Maasai augment perceptions of aggressiveness. in HBES 2024 – The 35th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference. <https://www.hbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HBES-2024-conference-booklet_v5.pdf>
Windhager, S, Fink, B, Butovskaya, ML, Mabulla, AZP & Schäfer, K 2024, Male facial cues to low muscular strength elevate attributed aggressiveness within and beyond Europeans. in HBES 2024 – The 35th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference. <https://www.hbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HBES-2024-conference-booklet_v5.pdf>
Fink, B, Voegeli, R, Campiche, R & Shackelford, T 2024, 'Self versus third party perceptions of age, attractiveness and health – Plus the role of facial skin features across five ethnic groups', Cosmetics & Toiletries, vol. 139, no. 3, pp. 38-47.
Voegeli, R, Campiche, R, Biassin, R, Rawlings, AV, Shackelford, TK & Fink, B 2023, 'Predictors of female age, health and attractiveness perception from skin feature analysis of digital portraits in five ethnic groups', International Journal of Cosmetic Science, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 672-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/ics.12877
Butovskaya, M, Adam, Y, Batsevich, V, Shackelford, TK & Fink, B 2023, 'Direct and radiographic digit ratio (2D:4D) measurements of Tuvan children and adolescents from Southern Siberia: Sex differences and skeletal maturation', Early Human Development, vol. 184, 105835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2023.105835
Manning, J & Fink, B 2023, 'Digit ratio (2D:4D) and its relationship to foetal and maternal sex steroids: A mini-review', Early Human Development, vol. 183, 105799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2023.105799
Windhager, S, Ottendorfer, T, Mabulla, A, Butovskaya, M, Fink, B & Schaefer, K 2023, 'Perception of strength, attractiveness and aggressiveness of Maasai male faces calibrated to handgrip strength: Evidence from a European sample', American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 35, no. 6, e23869. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23869
Manning, J, Fink, B, Mason, L, Kasielska-Trojan, A & Trivers, R 2023, 'The effects of sex, nation, ethnicity, age and self-reported pubertal development on participant-measured right-left 2D:4D (Dr-l) in the BBC internet study', Journal of Biosocial Science, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 383-395. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932022000049
Třebický, V, Delplanque, S, Ferdenzi, C, Fink, B, Jelínková, L, Pátková, Ž, Roberts, SC, Röder, S, Saxton, TK, Schwambergová, D, Štěrbová, Z, Třebická Fialová, J & Havlíček, J 2023, 'Cross-modal associations of human body odour attractiveness with facial and vocal attractiveness provide little support for the backup signals hypothesis: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Evolution and Human Behavior, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 19-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.11.001
Manning, JT, Fink, B & Trivers, R 2022, 'Parental Income and the Sexual Behavior of Their Adult Children: A Trivers–Willard Perspective', Evolutionary Psychology, vol. 20, no. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049221142858
Manning, J, Fink, B, Mason, L & Trivers, R 2022, 'Digit ratio (2D:4D) and body-mass-index in the BBC internet study: prenatal sex steroids and a “Trivers-Willard” effect on body composition', Journal of Biosocial Science, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 902-911. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932021000390