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Anastasia Makhanova Data-verified
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Assistant Professor
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13 h-index
63 pubs
779 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Anastasia Makhanova's research program investigates psychological and biological factors influencing social behavior, relationships, and prejudice. Her work examines the behavioral immune system, including its role in pathogen threat perception and intergroup bias, particularly in the context of events like the COVID-19 pandemic. Makhanova also studies factors related to relationship satisfaction and sexual desire, exploring biological, relational, cognitive, and emotional influences. Her investigations have extended to neural mechanisms underlying intimate partner aggression and adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy, such as "nesting" behaviors.
Makhanova has received federal funding for two grants totaling $920,584. One award from the NIH/National Institute on Minority Health and Disparities, for which she is PI, focuses on the impacts of adverse provider conditions on provider bias and health disparities. Another grant from the NSF, also as PI, aims to clarify the role of inflammation in social prejudice.
With 62 publications and an h-index of 13, Makhanova actively collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Mikayla Tolliver, Jamie Walker, Arial Bloshinsky, and Ellen W. Leen‐Feldner, with whom she shares multiple publications. She maintains an active lab website to disseminate her research.
Metrics
- h-index: 13
- Publications: 63
- Citations: 779
Selected Publications
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The Perceived Importance of Overhand Throwing within Ancestral and Fitness-Relevant Contexts: an Initial Investigation and a Direct Replication (2026)
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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response to a laboratory-based 10 % CO2 challenge in healthy adults (2025)
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AVPR1A RS3 and relationship maintenance processes in newlywed couples (2025)
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Women's affiliation across the menstrual cycle: Cycle phase variation and associations with progesterone and estradiol (2025)
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Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant (2024)
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Immune System and Intergroup Bias: Vaccine-Induced Increases in Cytokine Activity Are Associated with Worse Evaluations of Resume for Latina Job Applicant (2023)
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Burnout Affects Bias Through Changes in Internal Motivation in a Sample of Healthcare Providers (2023)
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Adaptive Calibration of Dyadic Sexual Desire Is Sex Differentiated and Disrupted by Hormonal Contraceptives (2023)
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Pathogen disgust is associated with interpersonal bias among healthcare professionals (2023)
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The Association Between Progestin Generation in Hormonal Contraceptives and Sociosexuality (2023)
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Investigating the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on salivary cortisol response to a CO2 challenge (2023)
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Does a laboratory-based CO2 challenge induce a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response in healthy adults? (2023)
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Sociality and Motivation: Women's Affiliative Trends Throughout the Menstrual Cycle (2023)
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The Association Between Women’s Self-Promotion and the Androgenic Effects of Hormonal Contraceptives (2023)
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Hormonal Mechanisms of Partnership Formation (2023)
Federal Grants 2 $920,584 total
NIH/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
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Sep 2024 - May 2029
The Impacts of Adverse Provider Conditions on Provider Bias and Health Disparities
NSF
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Sep 2023 - Apr 2025
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Jon K. Maner
Florida State University (US)
7 shared publications
- Pathogen threat and intergroup prejudice using the minimal group paradigm: Evidence from a registered report
- An empirical investigation of the roles of biological, relational, cognitive, and emotional factors in explaining sex differences in dyadic sexual desire
- Prevalence and predictors of “nesting”: Solutions to adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy
- Does pathogen avoidance affect intergroup categorization? Replication of Makhanova, Miller, and Maner (2015).
- Women's affiliation across the menstrual cycle: Cycle phase variation and associations with progesterone and estradiol
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Mikayla Tolliver
7 shared publications
In database
- Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant
- Immune System and Intergroup Bias: Vaccine-Induced Increases in Cytokine Activity Are Associated with Worse Evaluations of Resume for Latina Job Applicant
- Acute immune system activation exerts time-dependent effects on inhibitory control: Results of both a randomized controlled experiment of influenza vaccination and a systematic review and meta-analysis – ISPNE 2024 Dirk Hellhammer Award
- The Association Between Women’s Self-Promotion and the Androgenic Effects of Hormonal Contraceptives
- Sociality and Motivation: Women's Affiliative Trends Throughout the Menstrual Cycle
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
James K. McNulty
Florida State University (US)
6 shared publications
- CD38 is associated with bonding-relevant cognitions and relationship satisfaction over the first 3 years of marriage
- Neural mechanisms of intimate partner aggression
- An empirical investigation of the roles of biological, relational, cognitive, and emotional factors in explaining sex differences in dyadic sexual desire
- Prevalence and predictors of “nesting”: Solutions to adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy
- Neural Mechanisms of Intimate Partner Aggression
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Lisa A. Eckel
Florida State University (US)
5 shared publications
- CD38 is associated with bonding-relevant cognitions and relationship satisfaction over the first 3 years of marriage
- An empirical investigation of the roles of biological, relational, cognitive, and emotional factors in explaining sex differences in dyadic sexual desire
- Prevalence and predictors of “nesting”: Solutions to adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy
- Testosterone and cortisol do not predict rejecting harm or maximizing outcomes in sacrificial moral dilemmas: A preregistered analysis
- AVPR1A RS3 and relationship maintenance processes in newlywed couples
Larissa Nikonova
Florida State University (US)
5 shared publications
- CD38 is associated with bonding-relevant cognitions and relationship satisfaction over the first 3 years of marriage
- An empirical investigation of the roles of biological, relational, cognitive, and emotional factors in explaining sex differences in dyadic sexual desire
- Prevalence and predictors of “nesting”: Solutions to adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy
- Testosterone and cortisol do not predict rejecting harm or maximizing outcomes in sacrificial moral dilemmas: A preregistered analysis
- AVPR1A RS3 and relationship maintenance processes in newlywed couples
Jamie Walker
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
5 shared publications
In database
- 655 The Role of Insomnia Symptoms in the Relation between Perceived Vulnerability to Disease and COVID-19 Anxiety
- Investigating the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on salivary cortisol response to a CO2 challenge
- 0435 The Relationship Between Pathogen Avoidance and Insomnia Symptoms: Results from a Longitudinal Study Conducted During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Does a laboratory-based CO2 challenge induce a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response in healthy adults?
- Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response to a laboratory-based 10 % CO2 challenge in healthy adults
Iván Vargas
University of Notre Dame (US)
5 shared publications
- 655 The Role of Insomnia Symptoms in the Relation between Perceived Vulnerability to Disease and COVID-19 Anxiety
- Investigating the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on salivary cortisol response to a CO2 challenge
- 0435 The Relationship Between Pathogen Avoidance and Insomnia Symptoms: Results from a Longitudinal Study Conducted During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Does a laboratory-based CO2 challenge induce a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response in healthy adults?
- Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response to a laboratory-based 10 % CO2 challenge in healthy adults
Andrea L. Meltzer
Florida State University (US)
4 shared publications
- Neural mechanisms of intimate partner aggression
- An empirical investigation of the roles of biological, relational, cognitive, and emotional factors in explaining sex differences in dyadic sexual desire
- Neural Mechanisms of Intimate Partner Aggression
- Adaptive Calibration of Dyadic Sexual Desire Is Sex Differentiated and Disrupted by Hormonal Contraceptives
E. Ashby Plant
Florida State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Pathogen threat and intergroup prejudice using the minimal group paradigm: Evidence from a registered report
- Burnout Affects Bias Through Changes in Internal Motivation in a Sample of Healthcare Providers
- Situational Pathogen Avoidance Scale
Eric C. Shattuck
Florida State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Pathogen disgust is associated with interpersonal bias among healthcare professionals
- Burnout Affects Bias Through Changes in Internal Motivation in a Sample of Healthcare Providers
- Pathogen Disgust is Associated with Interpersonal Bias Among Healthcare Professionals
Arial Bloshinsky
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- The Association Between Women’s Self-Promotion and the Androgenic Effects of Hormonal Contraceptives
- The Association Between Progestin Generation in Hormonal Contraceptives and Sociosexuality
- AVPR1A RS3 and relationship maintenance processes in newlywed couples
Morgan A. Hill
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Investigating the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on salivary cortisol response to a CO2 challenge
- Does a laboratory-based CO2 challenge induce a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response in healthy adults?
- Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response to a laboratory-based 10 % CO2 challenge in healthy adults
Ellen W. Leen‐Feldner
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Investigating the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on salivary cortisol response to a CO2 challenge
- Does a laboratory-based CO2 challenge induce a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response in healthy adults?
- Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response to a laboratory-based 10 % CO2 challenge in healthy adults
Summer Mengelkoch
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
3 shared publications
- Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant
- Immune System and Intergroup Bias: Vaccine-Induced Increases in Cytokine Activity Are Associated with Worse Evaluations of Resume for Latina Job Applicant
- The Association Between Progestin Generation in Hormonal Contraceptives and Sociosexuality
Joseph W. Houpt
The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
3 shared publications
- Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant
- Burnout Affects Bias Through Changes in Internal Motivation in a Sample of Healthcare Providers
- Immune System and Intergroup Bias: Vaccine-Induced Increases in Cytokine Activity Are Associated with Worse Evaluations of Resume for Latina Job Applicant
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