Prof. W.E. (Willem) Frankenhuis
Professor of Evolutionary Psychobiology
Faculty of Science
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Area of expertise: Evolution of plasticity, critical and sensitive periods, life-history development, cognition and behavior in stressful environments
Visiting address
- Science Park 904
Postal address
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Postbus 94240
1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
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Publications
2025
Bauer, C., Miller-Cotto, D., Silverman, D. M., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Recognizing People's Agency Amidst Disadvantage: How to Study Inequality Using a Holistic Approach That is Accurate and Non‐Stigmatizing. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 19(2), Article e70035. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.70035 [details]- DeJoseph, M. L., Walasek, N., Liu, S., Young, E. S., Raikes, A., Waldman, M., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Fisher, P. (2025). Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood. Development and Psychopathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100771
- Deitzer, J. R., Frankenhuis, W. E., Jacobsen, W. C., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., Feinberg, M. E., & van Gelder, J.-L. (2025). Why Do Harsh and Unpredictable Environments Lead to Delinquency? The Case for Unpredictability Schemas and Short-Term Mindsets. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 62(1), 136-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224278241275573 [details]
- Deitzer, J. R., Frankenhuis, W. E., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., & van Gelder, J.-L. (2025). Effect of Early Interactions With the Police on Intertemporal Choice: A Longitudinal Study of Zurich Public School Students. Crime and Delinquency, 71(9), 3094-3127. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287241264224 [details]
- Ellwood-Lowe, M. E., Reyes, G., DeJoseph, M. L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Caring for children in lower-SES contexts: Recognizing parents’ agency, adaptivity, and resourcefulness. Daedalus: The open access Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), 154, 52. https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_02123
- Scheidecker, G., Abebe, T., Abimbola, S., Chaudhary, N., Frankenhuis, W. E., Keller, H., Munakata, Y., Olusanya, B. O., de Oliveira Ramos, D., & Rasheed, M. A. (2025). Beyond deficit models in early childhood development science. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00625-7
- Syed, M., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Improving research on developmental psychopathology with Registered Reports. Development and Psychopathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100552
- Vermeent, P. C. S., Schubert, A.-L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Adversity Is Associated With Lower General Processing Speed Rather Than Executive Functioning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(11), 3010-3028. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001812 [details]
- Vermeent, S., Schubert, A. L., DeJoseph, M. L., Denissen, J. J. A., Van Gelder, J. L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Correction to: ‘Inconclusive evidence for associations between adverse experiences in adulthood and working memory performance’ (2025), by Vermeent et al. Royal Society Open Science, 12(6), Article 250722. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250722
- Vermeent, S., Schubert, A.-L., DeJoseph, M. L., Denissen, J. J. A., van Gelder, J.-L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Inconclusive evidence for associations between adverse experiences in adulthood and working memory performance. Royal Society Open Science, 12(1), Article 241837. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241837 [details]
- Walasek, N., Panchanathan, K., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). The evolution of reversible plasticity in stable environments. Evolution letters, 9(4), 491-501. https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qraf015 [details]
- Walasek, N., Panchanathan, K., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). The evolution of sensitive periods beyond early ontogeny: Bridging theory and data. Functional Ecology, 39(11). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14615
- Young, E. S., Vermeent, S., Frankenhuis, W. E., Nivison, M. D., Simpson, J. A., & Roisman, G. I. (2025). How does adversity relate to performance across different abilities within individuals? Development and Psychopathology, 37(4), 1859-1876. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424001433 [details]
- de Courson, B., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Nettle, D. (2025). Poverty is associated with both risk avoidance and risk taking: empirical evidence for the desperation threshold model from the UK and France. Proc. R. Soc. B, 292(2040), Article 20242071. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2071 [details]
- van Gelder, J. L., Li, R., Wiechert, S., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Short-term mindsets: Beyond traits and self-regulation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 66, Article 102112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102112 [details]
- van Gelder, J.-L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Short-Term Mindsets and Crime. Annual Review of Criminology, 8, 333-358. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-022422-124536 [details]
2024
- Brener, S., Frankenhuis, W., Young, E., & Ellis, B. J. (2024). Social class, sex, and the ability to recognize emotions: The main effect is in the interaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231159775
- DeJoseph, M. L., Ellwood-Lowe, M. E., Miller-Cotto, D., Silverman, D., Adams Shannon, K., Reyes, G., Rakesh, D., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). The promise and pitfalls of a strength-based approach to child poverty and neurocognitive development: Implications for policy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 66, Article 101375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101375 [details]
- Kübel, S. L., Deitzer, J. R., Frankenhuis, W. E., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M. P., & van Gelder, J.-L. (2024). Beyond the Situation: Hanging Out with Peers now is Associated with Short-Term Mindsets Later. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 10(1), 51-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-024-00249-2 [details]
- Muskens, M., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Borghans, L. (2024). Math items about real-world content lower test-scores of students from families with low socioeconomic status. NPJ Science of Learning, 9, Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00228-8 [details]
- Shannon, K. A., Conine-Nakano, A., Frankenhuis, W. E., Frank, M. C., & Gweon, H. (2024). Young children strategically adapt to unreliable social partners. In L. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A. Mackey, & E. Hazeltine (Eds.), 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2024): Dynamics of Cognition : Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 24-27 July 2024 (Vol. 7, pp. 4953-4960). (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society; Vol. 46). Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7rq378jm
- Vermeent, S., Young, E. S., DeJoseph, M. L., Schubert, A.-L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). Cognitive deficits and enhancements in youth from adverse conditions: An integrative assessment using Drift Diffusion Modeling in the ABCD study. Developmental Science, 27(4), Article e13478. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13478 [details]
- Vermeent, S., Young, E. S., van Gelder, J.-L., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). Childhood adversity is not associated with lowered inhibition, but lower perceptual processing: A Drift Diffusion Model analysis. Cognitive Development, 71, Article 101479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101479 [details]
- Walasek, N., Young, E. S., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2024). A framework for studying environmental statistics in developmental science. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fr87n, https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000651
- Weinberg, D., Stevens, G. W. J. M., Peeters, M., Visser, K., Frankenhuis, W., & Finkenauer, C. (2024). The role of social cognitions in the social gradient in adolescent mental health: A longitudinal mediation model. Development and Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579423000214
2023
- Ellis, B. J., Abrams, L. S., Masten, A. S., Sternberg, R. J., Tottenham, N., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2023). The hidden talents framework: Implications for science, policy, and practice. (Elements in Applied Evolutionary Science). Cambridge University Press. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009350051
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Gopnik, A. (2023). Early adversity and the development of explore-exploit tradeoffs. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(7), 616-630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.04.001
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Borsboom, D., Nettle, D., & Roisman, G. I. (2023). Formalizing theories of Child Development: Introduction to the Special Section. Child Development, 94(6), 1425-1431. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14020 [details]
- Frankenhuis, W., Panchanathan, K., & Smaldino, P. (2023). Strategic ambiguity in the social sciences. Social Psychological Bulletin, 18. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.9923
- Kübel, S. L., Deitzer, J. R., Frankenhuis, W. E., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M. P., & van Gelder, J. L. (2023). The shortsighted victim: Short-term mindsets mediate the link between victimization and later offending. Journal of Criminal Justice, 86, Article 102062. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102062
- Nettle, D., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Panchanathan, K. (2023). Biology, Society, or Choice: How Do Non-Experts Interpret Explanations of Behaviour? Open Mind, 7, 625-651. https://doi.org/10.1162/opmi_a_00098
- de Courson, B., Frankenhuis, W. E., Nettle, D., & van Gelder, J. L. (2023). Why is violence high and persistent in deprived communities? A formal model. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(1993), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2095
2022
- Bolhuis, E., Belsky, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., Shalev, I., Hastings, W. J., Tollenaar, M. S., O'Donnell, K. J., McGill, M. G., Pokhvisneva, I., Meaney, M. J., Lin, D. T. S., MacIsaac, J. L., Kobor, M. S., de Weerth, C., & Beijers, R. (2022). Attachment insecurity and the biological embedding of reproductive strategies: Investigating the role of cellular aging. Biological Psychology, 175, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108446
- Ellis, B. J., Abrams, L. S., Masten, A. S., Sternberg, R. J., Tottenham, N., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2022). Hidden talents in harsh environments. Development and Psychopathology, 34(1), 95-113. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420000887
- Fenneman, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Todd, P. M. (2022). In which environments is impulsive behavior adaptive? A cross-discipline review and integration of formal models. Psychological Bulletin, 148(7-8), 555-587. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000375
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Amir, D. (2022). What is the expected human childhood? Insights from evolutionary anthropology. Development and Psychopathology, 34(2), 473-497. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001401
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Weijman, E. L., de Vries, S. A., van Zanten, M., & Borghuis, J. (2022). Exposure to violence is not associated with accuracy in forecasting conflict outcomes. Collabra: Psychology, 8(1), Article 38604. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.38604
- Walasek, N., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Panchanathan, K. (2022). An evolutionary model of sensitive periods when the reliability of cues varies across ontogeny. Behavioral Ecology, 33(1), 101-114. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab113
- Walasek, N., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Panchanathan, K. (2022). Sensitive periods, but not critical periods, evolve in a fluctuating environment: a model of incremental development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1969), Article 20212623. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2623
- Young, E. S., Frankenhuis, W. E., DelPriore, D. J., & Ellis, B. J. (2022). Hidden talents in context: Cognitive performance with abstract versus ecological stimuli among adversity-exposed youth. Child Development, 93(5), 1493-1510. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13766
2020
- Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Sarafoglou, A., Kekecs, Z., Kucharský, Š., Benjamin, D., Chambers, C. D., Fisher, A., Gelman, A., Gernsbacher, M. A., Ioannidis, J. P., Johnson, E., Jonas, K., Kousta, S., Lilienfeld, S. O., Lindsay, D. S., Morey, C. C., Munafò, M., Newell, B. R., ... Wagenmakers, E. J. (2020). Author Correction: A consensus-based transparency checklist. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(1), 120. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0812-2
- Fenneman, J., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2020). Is impulsive behavior adaptive in harsh and unpredictable environments? A formal model. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(4), 261-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.02.005
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Nettle, D. (2020). Current debates in human life history research. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(6), 469-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.09.005
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Nettle, D. (2020). Integration of plasticity research across disciplines. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 36, 157-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.10.012
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Nettle, D. (2020). The Strengths of People in Poverty. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(1), 16-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419881154
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Walasek, N. (2020). Modeling the evolution of sensitive periods. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 41, Article 100715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100715
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Young, E. S., & Ellis, B. J. (2020). The Hidden Talents Approach: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(7), 569-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.03.007
- Frankenhuis, W. E., de Vries, S. A., Bianchi, J., & Ellis, B. J. (2020). Hidden talents in harsh conditions? A preregistered study of memory and reasoning about social dominance. Developmental Science, 23(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12835
- Gopnik, A., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Introduction to special issue: ‘Life history and learning: How childhood, caregiving and old age shape cognition and culture in humans and other animals’. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 375(1803). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0489
- Hartley, C. A., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2020). Sensitive and critical periods [introduction to special issue]. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 36(12), iii-iv. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.12.001
- Nettle, D., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2020). Life-history theory in psychology and evolutionary biology: One research programme or two? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 375(1803). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0490
- Young, E. S., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Ellis, B. J. (2020). Theory and measurement of environmental unpredictability. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(6), 550-556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.08.006
2019
- Frankenhuis, W. E. (2019). Modeling the evolution and development of emotions. Developmental Psychology, 55(9), 2002-2005. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000732
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Nettle, D., & Dall, S. R. X. (2019). A case for environmental statistics of early-life effects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 374(1770). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0110
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Panchanathan, K., & Barto, A. G. (2019). Enriching behavioral ecology with reinforcement learning methods. Behavioural processes, 161, 94-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.01.008
- Muskens, M., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Borghans, L. (2019). Low-Income Students in Higher Education: Undermatching Predicts Decreased Satisfaction toward the Final Stage in College. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(7), 1296-1310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01022-1
- Nettle, D., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2019). The evolution of life-history theory: a bibliometric analysis of an interdisciplinary research area. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 286(1899). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0040
2018
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Bijlstra, G. (2018). Does exposure to hostile environments predict enhanced emotion detection? Collabra: Psychology, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.127
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Nettle, D. (2018). Open Science Is Liberating and Can Foster Creativity. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(4), 439-447. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691618767878
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Tiokhin, L. (2018). Bridging Evolutionary Biology and Developmental Psychology: Toward An Enduring Theoretical Infrastructure. Child Development, 89(6), 2303-2306. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13021
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & de Weerth, C. (2018). Developmental plasticity. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp. 587-588). (The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development). SAGE Publications Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506307633.n220
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Nettle, D., & McNamara, J. M. (2018). Echoes of Early Life: Recent Insights From Mathematical Modeling. Child Development, 89(5), 1504-1518. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13108
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Roelofs, M. F. A., & de Vries, S. A. (2018). Does exposure to psychosocial adversity enhance deception detection ability? Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 12(3), 218-229. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000103
- Mathot, K. J., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2018). Models of pace-of-life syndromes (POLS): a systematic review. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2459-9
2017
- Ellis, B. J., Bianchi, J., Griskevicius, V., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2017). Beyond Risk and Protective Factors: An Adaptation-Based Approach to Resilience. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(4), 561-587. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617693054
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Ellis, B. J. (2017). Toward a balanced view of stress-adapted cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X17000954
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Fraley, R. C. (2017). What do evolutionary models teach us about sensitive periods in psychological development? European Psychologist, 22(3), 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000265
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Fenneman, J., van Gelder, J. L., & Godoy, I. (2017). CLASH's life history foundations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, 20-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X16001011
- Wouda, J., Bijlstra, G., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Wigboldus, D. H. J. (2017). The collaborative roots of corruption? A replication of weisel & shalvi (2015). Collabra: Psychology, 3, Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.97
2016
- Clark Barrett, H., Peterson, C. D., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2016). Mapping the Cultural Learnability Landscape of Danger. Child Development, 87(3), 770-781. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12495
- Frankenhuis, W. E. (2016). Environmental Unpredictability. In T. Shackelford, & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (Live ed.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1920-1
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Sheehy Skeffington, J. (2016). Psychological responses to fluctuating environments. Current Anthropology, 57, 645-646.
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Panchanathan, K., & Belsky, J. (2016). A mathematical model of the evolution of individual differences in developmental plasticity arising through parental bet-hedging. Developmental Science, 19(2), 251-274. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12309
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Panchanathan, K., & Nettle, D. (2016). Cognition in harsh and unpredictable environments. Current Opinion in Psychology, 7, 76-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.08.011
- Panchanathan, K., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2016). The evolution of sensitive periods in a model of incremental development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1823), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2439
- Stamps, J. A., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2016). Bayesian Models of Development. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31(4), 260-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.01.012
2015
- Fawcett, T. W., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2015). Adaptive explanations for sensitive windows in development. Frontiers in Zoology, 12(Suppl 1), Article S3. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-12-S1-S3
2014
- Nettle, D., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Rickard, I. J. (2014). The evolution of predictive adaptive responses in humans: Response. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1780). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2822
- Pollet, T. V., Tybur, J. M., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Rickard, I. J. (2014). What can cross-cultural correlations teach us about human nature? Human nature, 25, 410-429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-014-9206-3
- Rickard, I. J., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Nettle, D. (2014). Why Are Childhood Family Factors Associated With Timing of Maturation? A Role for Internal Prediction. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691613513467
- Tybur, J. M., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Pollet, T. V. (2014). Behavioral immune system methods: Surveying the present to shape the future. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 8(4), 274-283. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000017
2013
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Barrett, H. C. (2013). Design for learning: The case of chasing. In M. D. R. V. A. Kuhlmeier (Ed.), Social perception: Detection and interpretation of animacy, agency, and intention (pp. 171-195). (Social perception: Detection and interpretation of animacy, agency, and intention). MIT Press.
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & de Weerth, C. (2013). Does Early-Life Exposure to Stress Shape or Impair Cognition? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(5), 407-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721413484324
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Barrett, H. C., & Johnson, S. P. (2013). Developmental Origins of Biological Motion Perception. In People Watching: Social, Perceptual, and Neurophysiological Studies of Body Perception (pp. 121-138). (People Watching: Social, Perceptual, and Neurophysiological Studies of Body Perception). Oxford University Press USA. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393705.003.0008
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Gergely, G., & Watson, J. S. (2013). Infants May Use Contingency Analysis to Estimate Environmental States: An Evolutionary, Life-History Perspective. Child Development Perspectives, 7(2), 115-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12024
- Frankenhuis, W. E., House, B., Clark Barrett, H., & Johnson, S. P. (2013). Infants' perception of chasing. Cognition, 126(2), 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.10.001
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Panchanathan, K., & Clark Barrett, H. (2013). Bridging developmental systems theory and evolutionary psychology using dynamic optimization. Developmental Science, 16(4), 584-598. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12053
- Kievit, R. A., Frankenhuis, W. E., Waldorp, L. J., & Borsboom, D. (2013). Simpson's paradox in psychological science: a practical guide. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 513. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00513 [details]
- Nettle, D., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Rickard, I. J. (2013). The evolution of predictive adaptive responses in human life history. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1766). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1343
- Panchanathan, K., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Silk, J. B. (2013). The bystander effect in an N-person dictator game. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 120(2), 285-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.06.008
2012
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Del Giudice, M. (2012). When do adaptive developmental mechanisms yield maladaptive outcomes? Developmental Psychology, 48(3), 628-642. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025629
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Karremans, J. C. (2012). Uncommitted men match their risk taking to female preferences, while committed men do the opposite. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(1), 428-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.001
- Nettle, D., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Rickard, I. J. (2012). The adaptive basis of psychosocial acceleration: Comment on beyond mental health, life history strategies articles. Developmental Psychology, 48(3), 718-721. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027507
2011
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Panchanathan, K. (2011). Balancing sampling and specialization: An adaptationist model of incremental development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 278(1724), 3558-3565. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0055
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Panchanathan, K. (2011). Individual differences in developmental plasticity may result from stochastic sampling. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(4), 336-347. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691611412602
- Thomsen, L., Frankenhuis, W. E., Ingold-Smith, M., & Carey, S. (2011). Big and mighty: Preverbal infants mentally represent social dominance. Science, 331(6016), 477-480. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1199198
2010
- Frankenhuis, W. E. (2010). Did insecure attachment styles evolve for the benefit of the group? Frontiers in Psychology, 1, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00172
- Frankenhuis, W. E., Dotsch, R., Karremans, J. C., & Wigboldus, D. H. J. (2010). Male physical risk taking in a virtual environment. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 8(1), 75-86. https://doi.org/10.1556/JEP.8.2010.1.6
- Karremans, J. C., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Arons, S. (2010). Blind men prefer a low waist-to-hip ratio. Evolution and Human Behavior, 31(3), 182-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.10.001
- Panchanathan, K., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Clark Barrett, H. (2010). Development: Evolutionary ecology's midwife. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33(2-3), 105-106. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1000021X
2009
- Haselton, M. G., Bryant, G. A., Wilke, A., Frederick, D. A., Galperin, A., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Moore, T. (2009). Adaptive rationality: An evolutionary perspective on cognitive bias. Social Cognition, 27(5), 733-763. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2009.27.5.733
2008
- Barrett, H. C., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Wilke, A. (2008). Adaptation to moving targets: Culture/gene coevolution, not either/or. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(5), 511-512. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X08005013
2007
- Frankenhuis, W. E. (2007). What is it like to be a bird? In E. Grünewald, & W. E. Frankenhuis (Eds.), Researching the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. ix-x). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Frankenhuis, W. E., & Ploeger, A. (2007). Evolutionary psychology versus Fodor: Arguments for and against the massive modularity hypothesis. Philosophical Psychology, 20(6), 687-710. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515080701665904 [details]
- Grünewald, E., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (Eds.) (2007). Researching the self: Interdisciplinary perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2024
- van Breen, J., Kivivuori, J., Nivette, A., Kiefte-de Jong, J., Liem, M., & Interpersonal Violence Consortium (2024). The future of interpersonal violence research: Steps towards interdisciplinary integration. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, Article 1303. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03760-5 [details]
2023
- Hoijtink, H., de Bruin, J., Duken, S., Flores, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., & van Lissa, C. J. (in press). The open empirical cycle for hypothesis evaluation in psychology. Meta-Psychology. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wsxbh_v3
2020
- Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Sarafoglou, A., Kekecs, Z., Kucharský, Š., Benjamin, D., Chambers, C. D., Fisher, A., Gelman, A., Gernsbacher, M. A., Ioannidis, J. P., Johnson, E., Jonas, K., Kousta, S., Lilienfeld, S. O., Lindsay, D. S., Morey, C. C., Munafò, M., Newell, B. R., ... Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2020). A consensus-based transparency checklist. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(1), 4-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0772-6 [details]
2022
- Weijman, E. L., Frankenhuis, W. E., Belgaroui, L., & Vrieling, E. (2022). Verslag co-creatie UU x Young in Prison: 10-2020 - 04-2021. OSF. https://osf.io/78eg3
2020
- Frankenhuis, W. (Author), & Jenkins, T. (Author). (2020). Hidden talents in harsh conditions: A five-minute animated explainer video. Web publication or website, BOLD. https://bold.expert/hidden-talents-in-harsh-conditions/
- Frankenhuis, W. E. (Author). (2020). Poverty generates strengths and rational decisions, not just damage. Web publication or website, Child and Family Blog. https://childandfamilyblog.com/disadvantage-backgrounds-can-produce-strengths/
2018
- Frankenhuis, W. E. (Author). (2018). Hidden talents in harsh environments: Invited post at BOLD – Blog on Learning and Development. Web publication or website, BOLD. https://bold.expert/hidden-talents-in-harsh-conditions/
Media appearance
- Frankenhuis, W. (13-07-2021). Teaching and Learning Under Adverse Conditions [Web]. Teaching and Learning Under Adverse Conditions. https://bold.expert/teaching-and-learning-under-adverse-conditions/
- Frankenhuis, W., Panchanathan, K. & Smaldino, P. (12-05-2021). Strategic ambiguity or unknown unknowns? [Web]. Strategic ambiguity or unknown unknowns?. https://leotiokhin.medium.com/strategic-ambiguity-or-unknown-unknowns-fe1596e887f3
2024
- Eisner, M. P., Frankenhuis, W., Ribeaud, D., Deitzer, J. R., Kübel, S. L. & van Gelder, J. (2024). Beyond the Situation: Hanging Out with Peers now is Associated with Short-Term Mindsets Later. DataverseNL. https://doi.org/10.34894/Y90TQG
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Bauer, C., Miller-Cotto, D., Silverman, D. M., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Recognizing People's Agency Amidst Disadvantage: How to Study Inequality Using a Holistic Approach That is Accurate and Non‐Stigmatizing. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 19(2), Article e70035.