Inking of Immunity
The Inking of Immunity project is an ongoing study of tattooing, health, and endocrine and immune functions. We are currently in the beginning phase of a 3-year National Science Foundation funded study called "The Effects of Markers of Shared Identity on Inflammation and Stress." Below is a list of our publications related to this project, photos from the field, and an FAQ about the project.
Publications
CD Lynn, ME Howells, MP Muehlenbein, H Wood, GW Caballero, TJ Nowak, J Gassen. (2022) Psychoneuroimmunology and tattooing. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology (in press).
CD Lynn. (2019) Untangling tattoos’ influence on immune response. The Conversation, October 2, https://theconversation.com/untangling-tattoos-influence-on-immune-response-121852.
CD Lynn, ME Howells, D Herdrich, J Ioane, D Hudson, TW Fitiao. (2019) The evolutionary adaptation of body art: Tattoo as an honest signal of enhanced immune response in American Samoa. American Journal of Human Biology, 5:151-165.Online version, e23347, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajhb.23347.
CD Lynn, T Puckett*, A Guitar*, ND Roy*. (2019) Shirts or skins?: Tattoos as costly honest signals of fitness and affiliation among US intercollegiate athletes and other undergraduates. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 5:151-165, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-018-0174-4.
CD Lynn, CA Medeiros*. (2017) Tattooing commitment, quality, and football in Southeastern North America. In Lynn, Glaze, Evans , Reed (eds) Evolution Education in the American South: Culture, Politics, and Resources in and around Alabama. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-349-95139-0_14
CD Lynn, JT Dominguez*, JA DeCaro. (2016) Tattooing to “toughen” up: Tattoo experience and secretory immunoglobulin A. American Journal of Human Biology, 28:603-609, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.22847/abstract.
CD Lynn. (2019) Untangling tattoos’ influence on immune response. The Conversation, October 2, https://theconversation.com/untangling-tattoos-influence-on-immune-response-121852.
CD Lynn, ME Howells, D Herdrich, J Ioane, D Hudson, TW Fitiao. (2019) The evolutionary adaptation of body art: Tattoo as an honest signal of enhanced immune response in American Samoa. American Journal of Human Biology, 5:151-165.Online version, e23347, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajhb.23347.
CD Lynn, T Puckett*, A Guitar*, ND Roy*. (2019) Shirts or skins?: Tattoos as costly honest signals of fitness and affiliation among US intercollegiate athletes and other undergraduates. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 5:151-165, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-018-0174-4.
CD Lynn, CA Medeiros*. (2017) Tattooing commitment, quality, and football in Southeastern North America. In Lynn, Glaze, Evans , Reed (eds) Evolution Education in the American South: Culture, Politics, and Resources in and around Alabama. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-349-95139-0_14
CD Lynn, JT Dominguez*, JA DeCaro. (2016) Tattooing to “toughen” up: Tattoo experience and secretory immunoglobulin A. American Journal of Human Biology, 28:603-609, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.22847/abstract.
