Jordann L. Brandner, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology

Elon University

I received my doctorate in Cognitive Psychology from Kansas State University researching evolutionary social cognition, in particular, human mate choice and attraction. My research interests include social and cognitive models of relationship decision making.

Perceptions of Sex Ratios

How do we cognitively perceive ratios of men to women?

Perceptions of Sexual Communication

How do we understand if someone is interested in us or not?

Assessments of Mate Value

How do we combine a person's traits to determine if they are attractive?

Recent Publications

On hits and being hit on: Error management theory, signal detection theory, and the male sexual overperception bias.

Convergent evidence for a theory of rapid, automatic, and accurate sex ratio tracking.

“Weighting” to find the right person: Compensatory trait integrating versus alternative models to assess mate value.

Media Coverage of Research

Recent Talks

FOSSIL 2019 - On Hits and Being Hit On: Error Management, Signal Detection Theory, and Sexual Communication

HBES 2019 - Battle of the Sex Ratios: Is Cognitive Tracking Tuned to Overall Sex Ratio, Adult Sex Ratio, or Operational Sex Ratio?

HBES 2018 - Good Things Come to Those Who "Weight": Comparison of Trait Integration Methods

HBES 2017 - "Weighting" to Find the Right Person: Integrating Traits to Evaluate Mate Value

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