Forschungsinteressen
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Evolutionäre Psychologie/Anthropologie
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Sexuelle Selektion (Partnerwahl, intrasexueller Wettbewerb)
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Persönlichkeitspsychologie/interindividuelle Unterschiede (z.B. Dominanz, Status)
- Neuroendokrinologie (besonders Testosteron und Cortisol)
- Effekte von Persönlichkeit im beruflichen Kontext
Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte
- Effekte von Persönlichkeit, hormonellen Mechanismen und sozialen Verhaltensprozessen auf Statuserlangung in Gruppeninteraktionen
- Interkulturelle Studien zur Personenwahrnehmung (u.a. "halo effect")
- Längsschnittliche Effekte von Big Five Persönlichkeits-Traits auf erlangtes Bildungsniveau, Einkommen, Führungsspanne und Arbeitszufriedenheit
- Zusammenhänge von Big Five Persönlichkeits-Traits mit Arbeitsleistung, Entwicklungspotenzial und Beförderungen in einem Unternehmenskontext
Publikationen
- Kordsmeyer*, T. L., Botzet*, L. J., Ostermann*, S., Ruß*, J., & Penke, L. (2024). Behavioural Endocrinology in the Social Sciences. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 76, 649–680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-024-00945-3 [*shared first authorship]
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., Freund, D., Ueshima, T., Kuroda, K., Kameda, T., & Penke, L. (2024). The attractiveness halo effect of faces and bodies: Cross-cultural similarities and differences between German and Japanese observers. Personality Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710241257814
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., Speer, A., Kurz, R., & Wilms, R. (2024). Longitudinal effects of employees’ Big five personality traits on internal promotions differentiated by job level in a multinational company. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-023-09930-7
- Speer, A. B., Perrotta, J., & Kordsmeyer, T. L. (2024). Taking It Easy: Off-the-Shelf Versus Fine-Tuned Supervised Modeling of Performance Appraisal Text. Organizational Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.1177/10944281241271249
- Hampe, T., Kordsmeyer, T. L., Penke, L., Bürgers, R., Krohn, S. (2024) Impact of occlusal stabilization splints on global body posture: A prospective clinical trial. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 28, 505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-024-05888-9
- Rode, T., Kordsmeyer, T. L., & Stern, J. (2022). The relationship between body morphology and narcissism at zero acquaintance. Collabra: Psychology, 8, 37150. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.37150
- Kordsmeyer, T. L. (2022). Capital as an integrative conceptualisation of human characteristics, behaviour, and outcomes predicting reproductive success and evolutionary fitness. Evolutionary Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-021-00293-x
- Stern, J., ..., Kordsmeyer, T. L., ... (2021). Do voices carry valid information about a speaker’s personality?. Journal of Research in Personality, 92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104092
- Stern, J., Kordsmeyer, T. L., & Penke, L. (2021). A longitudinal evaluation of ovulatory cycle shifts in women’s mate attraction and preferences. Hormones and Behavior, 128, 104916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104916
- Sundin, Z. W., …, Kordsmeyer, T. L., … (2021). Estimating the association between big five personality traits, testosterone, and cortisol. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00159-9
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., Thies, Y. T. K., Ekrami, O., Stern, J., Schild, C., Spoiala, C., Claes, P., Van Dongen, P., Penke, L. (2020). No evidence for an association between facial fluctuating asymmetry and vocal attractiveness in men or women. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2, E35. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2020.36
- Schild, C., Aung, T., Kordsmeyer, T. L., … (2020). Linking human male vocal parameters to perceptions, body morphology, strength and hormonal profiles in contexts of sexual selection. Scientific Reports, 10, 21296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77940-z
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., Freund, D., van Vugt, M., & Penke, L. (2019). Honest signals of status: Facial and bodily dominance are related to success in physical but not non-physical competition. Evolutionary Psychology, 17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704919863164
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., Jünger, J., & Penke, L. (2019). 3D anthropometric assessment and perception of male body morphology in relation to physical strength. American Journal of Human Biology, e23276. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23276
- Storp, N., & Kordsmeyer, T. L. (2019). Zeitreihenanalyse zu den Target-Forderungen der Deutschen Bundesbank und mögliche Zusammenhänge mit der expansiven Geldpolitik der EZB. ifo Schnelldienst, 72, 26–28.
- von Borell, C., Kordsmeyer, T. L., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2019). An integrative study of facultative personality calibration. Human Behavior and Evolution, 40, 235-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.01.002
- Kordsmeyer, T. L. & Penke, L. (2019). Effects of male testosterone and its interaction with cortisol on self- and observer-rated personality states in a competitive mating context. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 76-92. doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.11.001
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., Freund, D., Pita, S. R., Jünger, J., & Penke, L. (2018). Further Evidence that Facial Width-to-Height Ratio and Global Facial Masculinity Are Not Positively Associated with Testosterone Levels. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 1-14. doi.org/10.1007/s40750-018-0105-4
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., Lohöfener, M., & Penke, L. (2018). Male Facial Attractiveness, Dominance, and Health and the Interaction between Cortisol and Testosterone. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-018-0098-z
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., Hunt, J., Puts, D. A., Ostner, J. & Penke, L. (2018). The relative importance of intra- and intersexual selection on human male sexually dimorphic traits. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39, 424-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.03.008
- Jünger, J., Kordsmeyer, T. L., Gerlach, T. M., Penke, L. (2018). Fertile women evaluate male bodies as more attractive, regardless of masculinity. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39, 412-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.03.007
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., & Penke, L. (2017). The association of three indicators of developmental instability with mating success in humans. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38, 704-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.08.002
- Kordsmeyer, T. L., MacCarron, P., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2017). Sizes of permanent campsite communities reflect constraints on natural human communities. Current Anthropology, 58, 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1086/690731
- Stulp, G., Kordsmeyer, T., Buunk, A.P., & Verhulst, S. (2012). Increased aggression during human group contests when competitive ability is more similar. Biology Letters, 8, 921-923. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0591
Kurz-CV
- seit 04/2022 PostDoc an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Abteilung für Biologische Persönlichkeitspsychologie (Prof. Dr. Penke)
- 08/2018-12/2022 Anstellung in verschiedenen Unternehmen im Personalbereich (HR-Beratung, Talent & Performance Management, People Analytics; ab 04/2022 in Teilzeit)
- 01/2018-07/2019 PostDoc an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Abteilung für Biologische Persönlichkeitspsychologie (Prof. Dr. Penke; 08/2018-07/2019 in Teilzeit)
- 04/2014-01/2018 PhD-Student an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Abteilung für Biologische Persönlichkeitspsychologie (Prof. Dr. Penke), Promotionsstudiengang "Behavior and Cognition", Dr. rer. nat. (magna cum laude, Disputation 17/01/2018)
- 10/2012-09/2013 MSc Kognitive und Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Universität Oxford, UK; Stipendium (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst)
MSc-These: "A Face to be Reckoned with: the Relationship Between
Facial, Psychological and Behavioural Dominance"
- 09/2009-08/2012 BSc Psychologie (cum laude), University of Groningen, Niederlande
2. Studienjahr: "Excellence Programme"
BSc-These: "Tall claims? The Relationship Between Height and Dominance"