Amanda Hahn (ERC Postdoc) Do oral contraceptives alter women's mate preferences?

My research focuses on the endocrinological underpinnings of motivation and mate preferences. In particular, I am interested in shifts in inter- and intra-sexual behaviours across the menstrual cycle. I am currently exploring cyclical variations in mating behaviours and the impact that hormonal contraceptive use has on these behaviours.

As a PhD student at the University of St Andrews I worked in the Perception Lab, supervised by David Perrett. I completed my Master's Degree in experimental psychology at WWU, as a member of the Human Cognition and Neural Dynamics Lab. As an undergraduate, I studied Biology and Psychology at the University of California, Irvine.

Email: amanda.hahn@glasgow.ac.uk

Scientific Journal Articles

    In Press

  1. JK Lewis, AC Hahn, DI Perrett & RH Sprengelmeyer (in press). Aesthetic and incentive salience of cute infant faces: studies of observer sex, oral contraception and menstrual cycle. PLoS One .

    2. 2013

  2. (246 kB) AC Hahn, DK Xiao, RH Sprengelmeyer & DI Perrett (2013). Gender differences in the incentive salience of adult and infant faces. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66(1): 200-208. doi:10.1080/17470218.2012.705860 [abstract»»]

    3. 2012

  3. (255 kB) AC Hahn, RD Whitehead, M Albrecht, CE Lefevre & DI Perrett (2012). Hot or not? Thermal reactions to social contact. Biology Letters, 8(5): 864-867. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0338 [abstract»»]
  4. (977 kB) AC Hahn, KJ Jantzen & LA Symons (2012). Thatcherization impacts the processing of own-race faces more so than other-race faces: an ERP study. Social Neuroscience, 7(2): 113-125. doi:10.1080/17470919.2011.583080 [abstract»»]

Conference Presentations

    2011

  1. AC Hahn, RD Whitehead & DI Perrett (2011). Hot or not? Measuring thermal reactions to social interactions. International Society for Human Ethology in . July 2011.
  2. AC Hahn, RD Whitehead & DI Perrett (2011). Measuring thermal reactions to interpersonal interactions. Evolutionary and Biological Approaches to Behaviour Research Group in University of Abertay, Dundee. May 2011.
  3. AC Hahn, RH Sprengelmeyer & DI Perrett (2011). The incentive salience of facial beauty: Impact of face type and own perceived attractiveness. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Montpellier, France. June 2011.

Posters

    2013

  1. (395 kB) AC Hahn, CE Lefevre & DI Perrett (2013). What does sexual arousal look like? Temperature and color changes in the face. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association in Amsterdam, Netherlands. March 2013. [abstract»»]

    2. 2012

  2. AC Hahn, RH Sprengelmeyer, DI Perrett, LA Symons & KJ Jantzen (2012). Gender differences in brain responses to infant cuteness. Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence in Dundee. May 2012.
  3. AC Hahn & DI Perrett (2012). I’m better looking than that! Own perceived attractiveness affects motivation to view faces. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in Durham, UK. March 2012.

    4. 2011

  4. AC Hahn, RH Sprengelmeyer & DI Perrett (2011). Motivational salience of reproductively relevant face classes. Evolutionary and Biological Approaches to Behaviour Research Group in University of Abertay, Dundee. May 2011.

    5. 2010

  5. AC Hahn, JK Lewis, DK Xiao & DI Perrett (2010). Impact of attractiveness on the motivation to view faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Eugene, Oregon. June 2010.
  6. LA Symons, AC Hahn & KJ Jantzen (2010). Race-modulated N170 response to the Thatcher Illusion: Evidence for the expertise theory or the other race effect. Vision Sciences Society in Naples, FL. May 2010.

    7. 2008

  7. AC Hahn & LA Symons (2008). Seeing in the dark: Does level of illumination give us a sense of eyelid position? Western Psychological Association in Irvine, CA. April 2008.
  8. AC Hahn & MG Jantzen (2008). The effect of phonemic mergers on perceptual discrimination. Western Psychological Association in Irvine, CA. April 2008.

Invited Talks

    2011

  1. DI Perrett & AC Hahn (2011). Seeing and being motivated by facial attractiveness. Scottish Psychology and Evolution Research Network in Stirling. February 2011.

    2. 2010

  2. AC Hahn (2010). "Can't take my eyes off of you": Gender differences in motivation to view attractive faces. PsychFest in Bellingham, WA (Western Washington University). June 2010.

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