Peters, S., & Maner, J.K. (2026). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49: e119.
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The Evolved Psychology of Mate Preferences: Sexual Desire Underlies the Prioritization of Attractiveness in Long-Term Partners→
/Peters, S. Meltzer, A., & Maner, J. K. (2025). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 121, 104791.
Read MoreSexual Desire is Not Partner Specific: Evidence for a Positive Association Between Desire for One’s Romantic Partner and Desire for Alternative Partners→
/Peters, S., Meltzer, A.L., & Maner, J.K. (2025). Human Nature, 35(3), 323-346.
Read MoreDistinct Individual Differences in Motivations for Pair-Bonding and Sexual Behavior: Implications for Close Relationships. →
/Hendrickson, J. N., Peters, S. D., French, J. E., & Maner, J. K. (2025). Personality and Individual Differences, 19, 375-393.
Read MoreBless Her Heart: Gossip Phrased With Concern Grants Advantages in Female Intrasexual Competition→
/Reynolds, T., Maner, J.K., & Baumeister, R.F. (2025). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Read MoreActor and Partner Power Are Distinct and Have Differential Effects on Social Behavior→
/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.
Read MoreA Slim Majority: The Influence of Sex Ratio for Women's Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Motivations→
/Reynolds, T., Maner, J.K., Frederick, D., Forney, K.J., & Garcia, J. (2023). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 3043-3062.
Read MoreAntecedents of the Red-Romance Effect: Men’s Attractiveness and Women’s Fertility→
/Agthe, M., Niesta Kayser, D., Schwarz, S., & Maner, J.K. (2023). PLOS ONE, 18, 4.
Read MoreAn Empirical Investigation of the Roles of Biological, Relational, Cognitive, and Emotional Factors in Explaining Sex Differences in Dyadic Sexual Desire→
/French, J.E., McNulty, J.K., Makhanova, A., Maner, J.K., Eckel, L.A., Nikonova, L., & Meltzer, A. L. (2022). Biological Psychology, 174.
Read MoreEcological Sex Ratios and Human Mating→
/Maner, J.K. & Ackerman, J.M. (2020). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24, 98-100.
Read MoreAre Sexual and Pair-Bonded Relationships Akin to Caterpillars and Butterflies? A Dual Systems Perspective on Human Mating→
/Maner, J.K. (2019). Psychological Inquiry, 30, 39-42.
Read MoreAttentional and Evaluative Biases Help People Maintain Relationships By Avoiding Infidelity→
/McNulty, J.K., Meltzer, A.L., Makhanova, S. & Maner, J.K. (2018). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 76-95.
Read MoreCompetitive Reputation Manipulation: Women Strategically Transmit Social Information About Romantic Rivals→
/Reynolds, T., Baumeister, R.F., & Maner, J.K. (2018). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 195-209.
Read MoreSex Differences in Testosterone Reactivity During Marital Conflict→
/Makhanova, A., McNulty, J.K., Eckel, L., Nikonova, L., & Maner, J.K. (2018). Hormones and Behavior, 105, 22-27.
Read MoreRelative Physical Position as an Impression Management Strategy: Sex Differences in Its Use and Implications→
/Makhanova, A. McNulty, J.K., & Maner, J.K. (2007). Psychological Science, 28, 567-577.
Read MoreMen’s Perceived Partner Commitment and Mate Guarding: The Moderating Role of Partner’s Hormonal Contraceptive Use→
/French, J.E., Meltzer, A.L., Maner, J.K. (2017). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 11, 173-186.
Read MoreEvolved Social Motives: When Knowing About the Past Provides a Window Onto the Present→
/Maner, J.K. (in press). In A. Elliot (Ed.) Advances in Motivation Science (Vol. 3). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.
Read MoreRelational Motives Bias Attentional Adhesion to Attractive Alternatives→
/Zhang, Q., Maner, J.K., Xu, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2017). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 503-511
Read MoreBiased Sex Ratios Influence Fundamental Aspects of Human Mating (PDF)→
/*Moss, J. & Maner, J.K. (2016). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 72-80.
Read MoreGoing All In: Unfavorable Sex Ratios Attenuate Choice Diversification→
/Ackerman, J. M., Maner, J. K., & Carpenter, S. M. (2016). Psychological Science, 27, 799-809.
Read MorePower and Attraction to the Counternormative Aspects of Infidelity→
/Lammers, J., & Maner, J.K. (2016). Journal of Sex Research, 53, 54-63.
Read MoreSexually Selective Cognition (PDF)→
/Maner, J. K., & Ackerman, J. A. (2015). Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 52-56.
Read MoreConfronting Intrasexual Rivals: 2D:4D Digit Ratio Predicts Behavioral and Endocrinological Responses to Infidelity Threat (PDF)→
/Maner, J.K., Miller, S.L., Coyle, J.M., & Kaschak, M.P. (2014). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 119-128.
Read MoreAssailing the Competition: Sexual Selection, Proximate Mating Motives, and Aggressive Behavior in Men (PDF)→
/*Ainsworth, S.E. & Maner, J.K. (2014). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1648-1658.
Read MoreLooking Up Versus Looking Down: Attractiveness-Based Organizational Biases Are Moderated by Social Comparison Direction (PDF)→
/Agthe, M., Spörrle, M., Frey, D., & Maner, J.K. (2014). Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44, 40-45.
Read MoreMotivated Social Categorization: Fundamental Motives Enhance People’s Sensitivity to Basic Social Categories (PDF)→
/Maner, J.K., Miller, S.L., Moss, J., Leo, J., & Plant, E.A. (2012). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 70-83.
Read MoreSex Begets Violence: Mating Motives, Social Dominance, and Physical Aggression in Men (PDF)→
/*Ainsworth, S.E., & Maner, J.K. (2012). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 819-829.
Read MoreRelationship Maintenance and Biases on the Line Bisection Task: Attractive Alternatives, Asymmetrical Cortical Activity, and Approach-Avoidance Motivation→
/*Miller, S.L., Prokosch, M.L., & Maner, J.K. (2012). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 566-569.
Read MoreSexual Overperception: Power, Mating Motives, and Biases in Social Judgment (PDF)→
/*Kunstman, J., & Maner, J.K. (2011). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 282-294.
Read MoreOvulation as a Male Mating Prime: Subtle Signs of Women's Fertility Influence Men's Mating Cognition and Behavior (PDF)→
/*Miller, S.L., & Maner, J.K. (2011). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 295-308.
Read MoreDoes Being Attractive Always Help? Positive and Negative Effects of Attractiveness on Social Decision-Making (PDF)→
/Agthe, M. & Spörrle, M., & Maner, J.K. (2011). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1042-1054.
Read MoreScent of a Woman: Men's Testosterone Responses to Female Olfactory Ovulation Cues (PDF)→
/*Miller, S.L., & Maner, J.K. (2010). Psychological Science, 21, 276-283.
Read MoreEvolution and Relationship Maintenance: Fertility Cues Lead Committed Men to Devalue Relationship Alternatives (PDF)→
/*Miller, S.L., & Maner, J.K. (2010). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1081-1084.
Read MoreYou Do Not Only Hurt the One You Love: Self-Protective Responses to Attractive Relationship Alternatives (PDF)→
/Plant, E.A., Kunstman, J., & Maner, J.K. (2010). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 474-477.
Read MoreIntrasexual Vigilance: The Implicit Cognition of Romantic Rivalry (PDF)→
/Maner, J.K., Miller, S.L., Rouby, D.A., & Gailliot, M.T. (2009). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 74-87.
Read MoreThe Implicit Cognition of Relationship Maintenance: Inattention to Attractive Alternatives (PDF)→
/Maner, J.K., Gailliot, M.T., & Miller, S.L. (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 174-179.
Read MoreMale Risk-Taking as a Context-Sensitive Signaling Device→
/*Baker, M.D., & Maner, J.K. (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1136-1139.
Read MoreA Sharp Eye for Her SOI: Perception and Misperception of Female Sociosexuality at Zero Acquaintance (PDF)→
/* Stillman, T., & Maner, J.K. (2009). Evolution & Human Behavior, 30, 124-130.
Read MoreAutomatic Inattention to Attractive Alternatives: The Evolved Psychology of Relationship Maintenance (PDF)→
/Maner, J.K., Rouby, D.A., & Gonzaga, G. (2008). Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 343- 349.
Read MoreRisk-Taking as a Situationally Sensitive Male Mating Strategy (PDF)→
/*Baker, M., & Maner, J.K. (2008). Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 391-395.
Read MoreCan’t Take My Eyes Off You: Attentional Adhesion to Mates and Rivals (PDF)→
/Maner, J.K., Gailliot, M.T., Rouby, D.A., & Miller, S.L. (2007). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 389-401.
Read MoreFunctional Projection: How Fundamental Social Motives Can Bias Interpersonal Perception (PDF)→
/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.
Read MoreConcentrating on Beauty: Sexual Selection and Sociospatial Memory (PDF)→
/Becker, D.V., Kenrick, D.T., Guerin, S., & Maner, J.K. (2005). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1643-1652.
Read MoreSexually Selective Cognition: Beauty Captures the Mind of the Beholder (PDF)→
/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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