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Professor of Psychology | Florida State University

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April 28, 2025

Distinct Individual Differences in Motivations for Pair-Bonding and Sexual Behavior: Implications for Close Relationships. →

April 28, 2025/ Jon Maner

Hendrickson, J. N., Peters, S. D., French, J. E., & Maner, J. K. (2024). Personality and Individual Differences

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2024, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
April 28, 2025

Sexual Desire is Not Partner Specific: Evidence for a Positive Association Between Desire for One’s Romantic Partner and Desire for Alternative Partners→

April 28, 2025/ Jon Maner

Peters, S. D., Maner J. K., & Meltzer A. L. (2024). Human Nature

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2024, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
December 01, 2023

Actor and Partner Power Are Distinct and Have Differential Effects on Social Behavior→

December 01, 2023/ ScienceSites

Overall, N.C., Maner, J.K., Hammond, M.D., Cross, E.J., Chang, V.T., Low, R.S.T., Girme, Y.U., Jayamaha, S.D., Reid, C.J., & Sasaki, E. (2023). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124, 311-343.

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2023, journal-article
close relationships and attraction, social hierarchy
November 01, 2023

A Slim Majority: The Influence of Sex Ratio for Women's Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Motivations→

November 01, 2023/ ScienceSites

Reynolds, T., Maner, J.K., Frederick, D., Forney, K.J., & Garcia, J. (2023). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 3043-3062.

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2023, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
October 10, 2023

Antecedents of the Red-Romance Effect: Men’s Attractiveness and Women’s Fertility→

October 10, 2023/ ScienceSites

Agthe, M., Niesta Kayser, D., Schwarz, S., & Maner, J.K. (2023). PLOS ONE, 18, 4.

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journal-article, 2023
close relationships and attraction
September 05, 2022

An Empirical Investigation of the Roles of Biological, Relational, Cognitive, and Emotional Factors in Explaining Sex Differences in Dyadic Sexual Desire→

September 05, 2022/ ScienceSites

French, J.E., McNulty, J.K., Makhanova, A., Maner, J.K., Eckel, L.A., Nikonova, L., & Meltzer, A. L. (2022). Biological Psychology, 174.

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2022, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
November 11, 2020

Ecological Sex Ratios and Human Mating→

November 11, 2020/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K. & Ackerman, J.M. (2020). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24, 98-100.

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2020, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
June 21, 2019

Are Sexual and Pair-Bonded Relationships Akin to Caterpillars and Butterflies? A Dual Systems Perspective on Human Mating→

June 21, 2019/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K. (2019). Psychological Inquiry, 30, 39-42.

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journal-article, 2019
close relationships and attraction
May 20, 2019

Attentional and Evaluative Biases Help People Maintain Relationships By Avoiding Infidelity→

May 20, 2019/ ScienceSites

McNulty, J.K., Meltzer, A.L., Makhanova, S. & Maner, J.K. (2018). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 76-95.

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2018, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
May 05, 2019

Competitive Reputation Manipulation: Women Strategically Transmit Social Information About Romantic Rivals→

May 05, 2019/ ScienceSites

Reynolds, T., Baumeister, R.F., & Maner, J.K. (2018). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 195-209.

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2018, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
May 01, 2019

Sex Differences in Testosterone Reactivity During Marital Conflict→

May 01, 2019/ ScienceSites

Makhanova, A., McNulty, J.K., Eckel, L., Nikonova, L., & Maner, J.K. (2018). Hormones and Behavior, 105, 22-27.

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2018, journal-article
close relationships and attraction, behavioral endocrinology
January 31, 2019

Relative Physical Position as an Impression Management Strategy: Sex Differences in Its Use and Implications→

January 31, 2019/ ScienceSites

Makhanova, A. McNulty, J.K., & Maner, J.K. (2007). Psychological Science, 28, 567-577.

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2017, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
January 01, 2019

Men’s Perceived Partner Commitment and Mate Guarding: The Moderating Role of Partner’s Hormonal Contraceptive Use→

January 01, 2019/ ScienceSites

French, J.E., Meltzer, A.L., Maner, J.K. (2017). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 11, 173-186.

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2017, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 29, 2016

Evolved Social Motives: When Knowing About the Past Provides a Window Onto the Present→

July 29, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K. (in press). In A. Elliot (Ed.) Advances in Motivation Science (Vol. 3). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.

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in-press, journal-article
social hierarchy, close relationships and attraction
July 29, 2016

Relational Motives Bias Attentional Adhesion to Attractive Alternatives→

July 29, 2016/ ScienceSites

Zhang, Q., Maner, J.K., Xu, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2017). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 503-511

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journal-article, 2017
close relationships and attraction
July 29, 2016

Biased Sex Ratios Influence Fundamental Aspects of Human Mating (PDF)→

July 29, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Moss, J. & Maner, J.K. (2016). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 72-80.

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2016, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 29, 2016

Going All In: Unfavorable Sex Ratios Attenuate Choice Diversification→

July 29, 2016/ ScienceSites

Ackerman, J. M., Maner, J. K., & Carpenter, S. M. (2016). Psychological Science, 27, 799-809. 

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2016, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 29, 2016

Power and Attraction to the Counternormative Aspects of Infidelity→

July 29, 2016/ ScienceSites

Lammers, J., & Maner, J.K. (2016). Journal of Sex Research, 53, 54-63. 

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2016, journal-article
social hierarchy, close relationships and attraction
July 26, 2016

Sexually Selective Cognition (PDF)→

July 26, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J. K., & Ackerman, J. A. (2015). Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 52-56.

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July 26, 2016/ ScienceSites/ /Source
2015, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 22, 2016

Confronting Intrasexual Rivals: 2D:4D Digit Ratio Predicts Behavioral and Endocrinological Responses to Infidelity Threat (PDF)→

July 22, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Miller, S.L., Coyle, J.M., & Kaschak, M.P. (2014). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 119-128.

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2014, journal-article
behavioral endocrinology, close relationships and attraction
July 22, 2016

Assailing the Competition: Sexual Selection, Proximate Mating Motives, and Aggressive Behavior in Men (PDF)→

July 22, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Ainsworth, S.E. & Maner, J.K. (2014). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1648-1658.

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2014, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 22, 2016

Looking Up Versus Looking Down: Attractiveness-Based Organizational Biases Are Moderated by Social Comparison Direction (PDF)→

July 22, 2016/ ScienceSites

Agthe, M., Spörrle, M., Frey, D., & Maner, J.K. (2014). Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44, 40-45.

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July 22, 2016/ ScienceSites/ /Source
2014, journal-article
close relationships and attraction, social hierarchy
July 15, 2016

Motivated Social Categorization: Fundamental Motives Enhance People’s Sensitivity to Basic Social Categories (PDF)→

July 15, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Miller, S.L., Moss, J., Leo, J., & Plant, E.A. (2012). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 70-83.

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2012, journal-article
intergroup psychology, close relationships and attraction
July 15, 2016

Sex Begets Violence: Mating Motives, Social Dominance, and Physical Aggression in Men (PDF)→

July 15, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Ainsworth, S.E., & Maner, J.K. (2012). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 819-829.

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2012, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 15, 2016

Relationship Maintenance and Biases on the Line Bisection Task: Attractive Alternatives, Asymmetrical Cortical Activity, and Approach-Avoidance Motivation→

July 15, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Miller, S.L., Prokosch, M.L., & Maner, J.K. (2012). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 566-569.

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2012, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 11, 2016

Sexual Overperception: Power, Mating Motives, and Biases in Social Judgment (PDF)→

July 11, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Kunstman, J., & Maner, J.K. (2011). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 282-294.

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2011, journal-article
social hierarchy, close relationships and attraction
July 11, 2016

Ovulation as a Male Mating Prime: Subtle Signs of Women's Fertility Influence Men's Mating Cognition and Behavior (PDF)→

July 11, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Miller, S.L., & Maner, J.K. (2011). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 295-308.

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2011, journal-article
close relationships and attraction, behavioral endocrinology
July 11, 2016

Does Being Attractive Always Help? Positive and Negative Effects of Attractiveness on Social Decision-Making (PDF)→

July 11, 2016/ ScienceSites

Agthe, M. & Spörrle, M., & Maner, J.K. (2011). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1042-1054.

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2011, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 05, 2016

Scent of a Woman: Men's Testosterone Responses to Female Olfactory Ovulation Cues (PDF)→

July 05, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Miller, S.L., & Maner, J.K. (2010). Psychological Science, 21, 276-283.

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2010, journal-article
close relationships and attraction, behavioral endocrinology
July 05, 2016

Evolution and Relationship Maintenance: Fertility Cues Lead Committed Men to Devalue Relationship Alternatives (PDF)→

July 05, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Miller, S.L., & Maner, J.K. (2010). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1081-1084.

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2010, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
July 05, 2016

You Do Not Only Hurt the One You Love: Self-Protective Responses to Attractive Relationship Alternatives (PDF)→

July 05, 2016/ ScienceSites

Plant, E.A., Kunstman, J., & Maner, J.K. (2010). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 474-477.

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2010, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
June 06, 2016

Intrasexual Vigilance: The Implicit Cognition of Romantic Rivalry (PDF)→

June 06, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Miller, S.L., Rouby, D.A., & Gailliot, M.T. (2009). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 74-87.

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2009, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
June 06, 2016

The Implicit Cognition of Relationship Maintenance: Inattention to Attractive Alternatives (PDF)→

June 06, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Gailliot, M.T., & Miller, S.L. (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 174-179.

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2009, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
June 06, 2016

Male Risk-Taking as a Context-Sensitive Signaling Device→

June 06, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Baker, M.D., & Maner, J.K. (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1136-1139.

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2009, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
June 06, 2016

A Sharp Eye for Her SOI: Perception and Misperception of Female Sociosexuality at Zero Acquaintance (PDF)→

June 06, 2016/ ScienceSites

* Stillman, T., & Maner, J.K. (2009). Evolution & Human Behavior, 30, 124-130.

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2009, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
May 02, 2016

Automatic Inattention to Attractive Alternatives: The Evolved Psychology of Relationship Maintenance (PDF)→

May 02, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Rouby, D.A., & Gonzaga, G. (2008). Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 343- 349.

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2008, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
May 02, 2016

Risk-Taking as a Situationally Sensitive Male Mating Strategy (PDF)→

May 02, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Baker, M., & Maner, J.K. (2008). Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 391-395.

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2008, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
April 11, 2016

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You: Attentional Adhesion to Mates and Rivals (PDF)→

April 11, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Gailliot, M.T., Rouby, D.A., & Miller, S.L. (2007). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 389-401.

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2007, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
April 05, 2016

Functional Projection: How Fundamental Social Motives Can Bias Interpersonal Perception (PDF)→

April 05, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Kenrick, D.T., Neuberg, S.L., Becker, D.V., Robertson, T., Hofer, B., Delton, A., Butner, J., & Schaller, M. (2005). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 63-78.

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2005, journal-article
close relationships and attraction, intergroup psychology
April 05, 2016

Concentrating on Beauty: Sexual Selection and Sociospatial Memory (PDF)→

April 05, 2016/ ScienceSites

Becker, D.V., Kenrick, D.T., Guerin, S., & Maner, J.K. (2005). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1643-1652.

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2005, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
April 04, 2016

Sexually Selective Cognition: Beauty Captures the Mind of the Beholder (PDF)→

April 04, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Kenrick, D.T., & Becker, D.V., Delton, A.W., Hofer, B., Wilbur, C.J., & Neuberg, S.L. (2003). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 1107-1120.

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2003, journal-article
close relationships and attraction
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Jon Maner

In the News

  • How Power-Hungry Bosses Keep Their Power

    Companies can take several steps to counter alpha-chimp mode. — Harvard Business Review

  • How to Handle a Bad Boss

    Insecure leaders can sabotage productivity. — Kellogg Insight Podcast

  • What Kind of a Leader Are You?

    The pros and cons of dominance versus prestige. — Psychology Today

Latest Research

  • Two Ways to Stay at the Top: Prestige and Dominance Are Both Viable Strategies for Gaining and Maintaining Social Rank Over Time

    MacClanahan, K., Maner, J.K., & Cheng, J. (in press). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

  • Childhood Illness as an Antecedent of Perceived Vulnerability to Disease

    Makhanova, A., Shepherd, M., Plant, E.A., Gerend, M.A., & Maner, J.K. (in press). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

  • A Qualitative Analysis of People’s Experiences With Weight-Based Discrimination

    Gerend, M.A., Patel, S., Ott, N., Wetzel, K., Sutin, A.R., Terracciano, A., & Maner, J.K. (in press). Psychology and Health.

Announcements

    Prof. Maner is accepting graduate applications for next year. Refer to the FSU Department of Psychology website for application instructions.

The Latest

  • Article

    Power and Attraction to the Counternormative Aspects of Infidelity

    J. Lammers and J. Maner (2016). The Journal of Sex Research 53 (1), 54-63.

  • Media

    Why Some Powerful Men Like Getting Tied Up

    Joris Lammers and Jon Maner report that among their Dutch respondents power increased infidelity.

  • Event

    Are There Any Domain-General Emotions?

    Invited talk at the annual meeting of the Motivation and Emotion Scientific Society

Collaborators

  • Jim McNulty

    Social psychologist, Florida State University

  • Saul Miller

    Social psychologist, University of Kentucky

  • Jonathan Kunstman

    Psychologist, Miami University

Video

 

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