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Professor of Psychology | Florida State University

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  • close relationships and attraction
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December 13, 2023

Does Pathogen Avoidance Affect Intergroup Categorization? Replication of Makhanova, Miller, & Maner (2015)→

December 13, 2023/ ScienceSites

Makhanova, A., Eubanks, A. & Maner, J.K. (2023). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences.

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journal-article, 2023
pathogen avoidance, intergroup psychology
September 12, 2022

Pathogen Threat and Intergroup Prejudice Using the Minimal Group Paradigm: Evidence From a Registered Report→

September 12, 2022/ ScienceSites

Makhanova, A., Plant, E.A. & Maner, J.K. (2022). Evolution and Human Behavior, 43, 347-357.

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journal-article, 2022
pathogen avoidance, intergroup psychology
September 09, 2022

Prevalence and Predictors of “Nesting”: Solutions to Adaptive Challenges Faced During Pregnancy→

September 09, 2022/ ScienceSites

Ketterman, A., Makhanova, A., Reynolds, T.A., Case, C.R., McNulty, J.K., Eckel, L.A., Nikonova, L., Flynn, H.A., & Maner, J.K. (2022). Evolution and Human Behavior, 43, 188-196.

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2022, journal-article
pathogen avoidance
July 04, 2022

Childhood Illness as an Antecedent of Perceived Vulnerability to Disease→

July 04, 2022/ ScienceSites

Makhanova, A., Shepherd, M., Plant, E.A., Gerend, M.A., & Maner, J.K. (2022). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 16, 53-66.

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journal-article, 2022
pathogen avoidance
February 28, 2021

Capturing Fluctuations in Pathogen Avoidance: The Situational Pathogen Avoidance Scale→

February 28, 2021/ ScienceSites

Makhanova, A., Plant, E.A., & Maner, J.K. (2021). Evolutionary Psychological Science, 7, 21-38.

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2021, journal-article
pathogen avoidance
October 01, 2020

State Anxiety and Pathogen Cues Jointly Promote Social Cognitive Responses to Pathogen Threats→

October 01, 2020/ ScienceSites

Fay, A., Ainsworth, S.E., & Maner, J.K. (2020). Social Cognition, 38, 21-39.

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2020, journal-article
anxiety, pathogen avoidance
November 11, 2019

Experimentally-Induced Inflammation Predicts Present Focus→

November 11, 2019/ ScienceSites

Gassen, J., Makhanova, A., Maner, J.K., Plant, E.A., Eckel, L.A., Nikonova, L., Prokosch, M.L., Boehm, G.W., & Hill, S.E. (2019). Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 5, 148-163.

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2019, journal-article
behavioral endocrinology, pathogen avoidance
September 30, 2019

Pathogen Avoidance Mechanisms Affect Women’s Preferences for Symmetrical Male Faces→

September 30, 2019/ ScienceSites

Ainsworth, S.E., & Maner, J.K. (2019). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 13, 265-271.

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2019, journal-article
pathogen avoidance
August 01, 2019

Binding Together to Avoid Illness: Pathogen Avoidance and Moral Worldviews→

August 01, 2019/ ScienceSites

Makhanova, A., Plant, E.A., Monroe, A.E., & Maner, J.K. (2019). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 13, 182-204.

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2019, journal-article
pathogen avoidance
April 01, 2019

Behavioral Immune System Activity Predicts Downregulation of Chronic Basal Inflammation→

April 01, 2019/ ScienceSites

Gassen, J., et al. (2018). PLoS ONE, 13, e0203961.

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journal-article, 2018
pathogen avoidance, behavioral endocrinology
July 26, 2016

Germs and the Outgroup: Chronic and Situational Disease Concerns Affect Intergroup Categorization→

July 26, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Makhanova, A., Miller, S. L., & Maner, J. K. (2015). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 9, 8-19. 

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2015, journal-article
pathogen avoidance
July 22, 2016

Hunger Moderates the Activation of Psychological Disease Avoidance Mechanisms→

July 22, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Ainsworth, S.E. & Maner, J.K. (2014). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 8, 303-313.

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2014, journal-article
pathogen avoidance
July 15, 2016

Overperceiving Disease Cues: The Basic Cognition of the Behavioral Immune System (PDF)→

July 15, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Miller, S.L., & Maner, J.K. (2012). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 1198-1213.

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2012, journal-article
pathogen avoidance
July 11, 2016

Sick Body, Vigilant Mind: The Biological Immune System Activates the Behavioral Immune System (PDF)→

July 11, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Miller, S.L., & Maner, J.K. (2011). Psychological Science, 22, 1467-1471.

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2011, journal-article
pathogen avoidance
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Jon Maner

In the News

  • Dr. Maner named Distinguished Research Professor

    The title “recognizes outstanding research and/or creative activity.” — Florida State University News

  • Dr. Maner Wins 2026 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

    The award honors faculty who have had a significant impact on FSU graduate students. — Florida State University News

  • FSU Researchers Part of Team Awarded Nearly $3.4 million by NIH to Study Disparity of Care Outcomes Related to Physician Bias

    The project includes researchers from different fields and six institutions. — Florida State University News

Latest Research

  • The Proximity of Prestige: Leadership Styles and Representations of Physical Closeness

    Miller, H., & Maner, J.K. (2026). Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.

  • Sexual Relationships Matter More to Men Than to Women

    Peters, S., & Maner, J.K. (2026). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49: e119.

  • An Evolutionary-Developmental Perspective on the Relationship Between Childhood Unpredictability and Intellectual Humility

    Dutta, T., & Maner, J.K. (2026). Personality and Individual Differences, 250, 113546.

  • Fundamental Evolved Motives Meet Environmental Threats and Opportunities

    Becker, D.V., et al. (2026). Evolution and Human Behavior, 47(4), 106860.

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

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