The Metro: Who cheats and why, according to psychology

By: Cary Junior II

13 May 2026 at 19:29

When relationships get tough, couples can venture into infidelity. While cheating remains as frequent as it has always been, we wanted to better understand why it happens.

Todd Shackleford is an evolutionary psychologist from Oakland University. He joined the program to discuss how and why infidelity happens.

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