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The Science of Cheating, Dating & Attraction | Macken Murphy
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Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist and scientist that studies mating behavior. He is an Oxford gradate and a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne
Today on the show we discuss: why people cheat in relationships, what actually motivates infidelity, the biggest red flags that someone is about to cheat, the science of what makes someone attractive and desirable, how attraction changes once you are in a relationship, why being cheated on is almost never your fault and much more.
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