Michal Kandrik (PhD) Individual differences in men's mate preferences

I completed a joint degree in Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen in 2011 and finished a MSc in Research Methods of Psychological Science at the University of Glasgow in 2013. The goal of my ESRC-funded PhD was to create a comprehensive model of men's mate preferences, using both theory-driven techniques (e.g., computer-graphic manipulations of facial masculinity) and data-driven techniques (e.g., reverse correlation).

I received my PhD in 2016 and was an ERC-funded postdoc until 2017, when I took up a lectureship at the VU in Amsterdam.

Scientific Journal Articles

    2020

  1. Stern J, Karastoyanova K, Kandrik M, Torrance JS, Hahn AC, Holzleitner IJ, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2020). Are Sexual Desire and Sociosexual Orientation Related to Men's Salivary Steroid Hormones? . Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology . doi: 10.1007/S40750-020-00148-Y [abstract»»]

    2. 2019

  2. Hahn AC, Holzleitner IJ, Lee A, Kandrik M, O'Shea KJ, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2019). Facial masculinity is only weakly correlated with handgrip strength in young adult women. American Journal of Human Biology, 31(1): . doi: 10.1101/425017 [preprint] [data] [data] [abstract»»]
  3. Holzleitner IJ, Lee A, Hahn AC, Kandrik M, Bovet J, Renoult JP, Simmons D, Garrod O, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2019). Comparing theory-driven and data-driven attractiveness models using images of real women’s faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance . doi: 10.1037/xhp0000685 [data] [preprint] [abstract»»]

    4. 2018

  4. Han C, Wang H, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Kandrik M, Fasolt V, Morrison DK, Lee A, Holzleitner IJ, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2018). Cultural differences in preferences for facial coloration. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(2): 154-15959. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.11.005 [data] [abstract»»]
  5. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wang H, Kandrik M & DeBruine LM (2018). General sexual desire, but not desire for uncommitted sexual relationships, tracks changes in women's hormonal status. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 88: 153-157. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.12.015 [preprint] [data] [abstract»»]
  6. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wang H, Kandrik M, Lee A, Tybur JM & DeBruine LM (2018). Hormonal correlates of pathogen disgust: Testing the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39: 166-169. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.12.004 [preprint] [data] [abstract»»]
  7. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wang H, Kandrik M, Han C, Lee A, Holzleitner IJ & DeBruine LM (2018). No compelling evidence that more physically attractive young adult women have higher estradiol or progesterone. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 98: 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.07.026 [data] [preprint] [abstract»»]
  8. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wang H, Kandrik M, Han C, Fasolt V, Morrison DK, Lee A, Holzleitner IJ, O'Shea KJ, Roberts SC, Little AC & DeBruine LM (2018). No compelling evidence that preferences for facial masculinity track changes in women's hormonal status. Psychological Science, 29(6): 996-1005. doi: 10.1177/0956797618760197 [preprint] [materials] [data] [abstract»»]
  9. Torrance JS, Kandrik M, Lee A, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2018). Does Adult Sex Ratio Predict Regional Variation in Facial Dominance Perceptions? Evidence From an Analysis of U.S. States. Evolutionary Psychology . doi: 10.1177/1474704918776748 [data] [preprint] [abstract»»]
  10. Torrance JS, Hahn AC, Kandrik M, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2018). No evidence for associations between men's salivary testosterone and responses on the Intrasexual Competitiveness Scale. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 4(3): 321-327. doi: 10.1101/198424 [preprint] [data] [abstract»»]

    11. 2017

  11. Han C, Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Feinberg DR, Holzleitner IJ, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2017). Interrelationships among men’s threat potential, facial dominance, and vocal dominance. Evolutionary Psychology, 15(1): 1-4. doi: 10.1177/1474704917697332 [abstract»»]
  12. Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wincenciak J, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2017). Are physiological and behavioral immune responses negatively correlated? Evidence from hormone-linked differences in men's face preferences. Hormones and Behavior, 87: 57-61. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.10.021 [abstract»»]
  13. Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Han C, Wincenciak J, Fisher C, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2017). Does the interaction between cortisol and testosterone predict men’s facial attractiveness? Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 1-7. doi: 10.1007/s40750-017-0064-1 [abstract»»]

    14. 2016

  14. Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Wincenciak J, Fisher C, Pisanski K, Feinberg DR, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2016). Are Men’s Perceptions of Sexually Dimorphic Vocal Characteristics Related to Their Testosterone Levels? PLoS One, 11(11): . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166855 [abstract»»]

    15. 2015

  15. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wincenciak J, Kandrik M, Roberts SC, Little AC & DeBruine LM (2015). Facial coloration tracks changes in women’s estradiol. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 56: 29-39. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.02.021 [abstract»»]
  16. Kandrik M, Jones BC & DeBruine LM (2015). Scarcity of female mates predicts regional variation in men’s and women’s sociosexual orientation across US states. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36(3): 206-210. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.11.004 [abstract»»]

    17. 2014

  17. Kandrik M, Fincher CL, Jones BC & DeBruine LM (2014). Men's, but not women's, sociosexual orientation predicts couples' perceptions of sexually dimorphic cues in own-sex faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(5): 965-971. doi: 10.1007/s10508-013-0202-1 [abstract»»]

    18. 2012

  18. Kandrik M & DeBruine LM (2012). Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for opposite-sex faces, while self-rated sex-typicality predicts preferences for same-sex faces. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 10(4): 177-186. doi: 10.1556/JEP.10.2012.4.2 [abstract»»]

Conference Presentations

    2019

  1. Holzleitner IJ, Lee A, Hahn AC, Kandrik M, Bovet J, Renoult JP, Simmons D, Garrod O, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2019). Comparing theory-driven and data-driven attractiveness models using images of real women's faces. European Evolution and Human Behaviour Association in Toulouse, France. April 2019.

    2. 2017

  2. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Kandrik M, Wang H, Han C & DeBruine LM (2017). What does women's facial attractiveness cue? in "Signals in Evolutionary and Ecological Context" (Invited Podium Symposium). American Association of Physical Anthropologists in New Orleans, LA, USA. April 2017. [abstract»»]

    3. 2015

  3. Hahn AC, Fisher C, Kandrik M, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2015). Women’s, but not men’s, testosterone modulates the reward value of infant cuteness. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Columbia, Missouri, USA. May 2015. [abstract»»]
  4. Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Wincenciak J, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2015). Emotional expression modulates the effect of stimulus sex on face reward value. 5th International Society for Human Ethology Summer Institute in Athens. May 2015. [abstract»»]
  5. Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Wincenciak J, Fisher C, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2015). Men’s testosterone and cortisol predict their preferences for healthy color cues in faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Columbia, Missouri, USA. May 2015. [abstract»»]

    6. 2014

  6. Kandrik M, Jones BC & DeBruine LM (2014). Regional variation in American men;s and women's sociosexual orientation is best predicted by the scarcity of female mates. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Natal, Brazil. July 2014. [abstract»»]

    7. 2013

  7. Kandrik M, Fincher CL, Jones BC & DeBruine LM (2013). Men’s, but not women’s, sociosexual orientation predicts couples’ perceptions of sexually dimorphic cues in own-sex faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Miami, Florida, USA. July 2013. [abstract»»]

Posters

    2016

  1. Han C, Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Feinberg DR, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2016). Interrelationships among men’s threat potential, facial dominance, and vocal dominance. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Vancouver, Canada. June 2016. [abstract»»]

    2. 2015

  2. (2.5 MB) Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Wincenciak J, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2015). Emotional expression modulates the effect of stimulus sex on the reward value of faces. in .. [abstract»»]
  3. (2.5 MB) Kandrik M, Hahn AC, Wincenciak J, DeBruine LM & Jones BC (2015). Emotional expression modulates the effect of stimulus sex on the reward value of faces. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association in Helsinki. March 2015. [abstract»»]

    4. 2014

  4. (137 kB) Kandrik M, Jones BC & DeBruine LM (2014). Regional differences in mating strategies: Region-level variation in the availability of women as mates predicts American men’s and women’s sociosexual orientation. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association in Bristol, UK. April 2014. [abstract»»]
  5. (170 kB) Unger SJ, Jones BC, Kandrik M & DeBruine LM (2014). Regional differences in disgust. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association in Bristol, UK. April 2014. [abstract»»]

    6. 2013

  6. Kandrik M, Jones BC, Fincher CL & DeBruine LM (2013). Men’s, but not women’s, sociosexual orientation predicts couples’ sensitivity to sexually dimorphic cues in own-sex faces. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association in Amsterdam, Netherlands. March 2013. [abstract»»]

    7. 2012

  7. Kandrik M & DeBruine LM (2012). Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for opposite-sex faces, while self-rated sex-typicality predicts preferences for same-sex faces. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association in Durham, UK. March 2012. [abstract»»]

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