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Brendan P. Zietsch

Brendan P. Zietsch

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
35
Citations
5223
World Ranking
6747
National Ranking
482

Overview

Brendan P. Zietsch is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes in the field of psychology. Their research primarily focuses on evolutionary psychology and human behavior, with additional interests in genetic associations and epidemiology, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, plant and animal studies, demographic trends and gender preferences, body image and dysmorphia studies, and cognitive abilities and testing.

Their work spans several subfields of study, including experimental and cognitive psychology, genetics, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and gender studies. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach that integrates behavioral science with genetic and neurological perspectives.

Recent publications by Brendan P. Zietsch demonstrate a diverse range of research topics and publication venues. Selected papers include:

  • Genomic evidence consistent with antagonistic pleiotropy may help explain the evolutionary maintenance of same-sex sexual behaviour in humans (2021, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • Region-specific sex differences in the hippocampus (2020, NeuroImage)
  • Associations between the CADM2 gene, substance use, risky sexual behavior, and self-control: A phenome-wide association study (2021, Addiction Biology)
  • Are Sex Differences in Human Brain Structure Associated With Sex Differences in Behavior? (2021, Psychological Science)
  • Sex Differences in Misperceptions of Sexual Interest Can Be Explained by Sociosexual Orientation and Men Projecting Their Own Interest Onto Women (2020, Psychological Science)

Brendan P. Zietsch frequently collaborates with several coauthors, contributing to multiple studies across related domains. Notable frequent coauthors include Morgan J. Sidari, Karin J. H. Verweij, Abdel Abdellaoui, Anthony J. Lee, and Kaitlyn T. Harper.

The scientist's work often appears in established academic venues with repeated publications. These venues include Evolution and Human Behavior, Nature Human Behaviour, Psychological Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior

    Andrea Ganna;Karin J. H. Verweij;Michel G. Nivard;Robert Maier;Robert Maier

  • Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

    Matthew R. Robinson;Aaron Kleinman;Mariaelisa Graff;Anna A.E. Vinkhuyzen

  • Genetic and environmental influences on cannabis use initiation and problematic use: a meta‐analysis of twin studies

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Michael T. Lynskey;Sarah E. Medland

  • Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain

    Abdel Abdellaoui;David Hugh-Jones;Loic Yengo;Kathryn E. Kemper

  • Maintenance of genetic variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding.

    Karin J.H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

  • Experimental evidence that women's mate preferences are directly influenced by cues of pathogen prevalence and resource scarcity.

    Anthony J. Lee;Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch

  • Genetic factors predisposing to homosexuality may increase mating success in heterosexuals

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Katherine I. Morley;Sri N. Shekar;Karin J.H. Verweij

  • Variation in human mate choice: simultaneously investigating heritability, parental influence, sexual imprinting, and assortative mating.

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Karin J. H. Verweij;Andrew C. Heath;Nicholas G. Martin

  • A genome-wide association study of Cloninger's temperament scales: Implications for the evolutionary genetics of personality

    Karin J.H. Verweij;Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Sarah E. Medland;Sarah E. Medland;Scott D. Gordon

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Optimism and its Relationship to Mental and Self-Rated Health: A Study of Aging Twins

    Miriam A. Mosing;Miriam A. Mosing;Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Sri N. Shekar;Sri N. Shekar;Margaret J. Wright

  • Common and specific genetic influences on EEG power bands delta, theta, alpha, and beta.

    Brendan P Zietsch;Jonathan L Hansen;Jonathan L Hansen;Narelle K Hansell;Gina M Geffen

  • A critique of life history approaches to human trait covariation

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Morgan J. Sidari

  • Do shared etiological factors contribute to the relationship between sexual orientation and depression

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Karin J. H. Verweij;Andrew C. Heath;Pamela A. F. Madden

  • Genetic and environmental influences on risky sexual behaviour and its relationship with personality.

    B. P. Zietsch;B. P. Zietsch;K. J. H. Verweij;K. J. H. Verweij;J. M. Bailey;M. J. Wright

  • The Genetic Correlation between Height and IQ: Shared Genes or Assortative Mating?

    Matthew C. Keller;Christine E. Garver-Apgar;Margaret J. Wright;Nicholas G. Martin

  • Estimating Heritability from Twin Studies.

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Miriam A. Mosing;Miriam A. Mosing;Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Sarah E. Medland

  • The quantitative genetics of disgust sensitivity.

    James M. Sherlock;Brendan P. Zietsch;Joshua M. Tybur;Patrick Jern

  • Sexual orientation and psychiatric vulnerability: a twin study of neuroticism and psychoticism.

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;J. Michael Bailey;Margaret J. Wright

  • Genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in attitudes toward homosexuality: An Australian twin study

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Sri N. Shekar;Brendan P. Zietsch;Lindon J. Eaves

  • Variation in Women’s Preferences Regarding Male Facial Masculinity Is Better Explained by Genetic Differences Than by Previously Identified Context-Dependent Effects

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Anthony J. Lee;James M. Sherlock;Patrick Jern;Patrick Jern

  • Did sexual selection shape human music? Testing predictions from the sexual selection hypothesis of music evolution using a large genetically informative sample of over 10,000 twins

    Miriam A. Mosing;Karin J.H. Verweij;Karin J.H. Verweij;Guy Madison;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC VARIATION IN HUMAN PERSONALITY: TESTING EVOLUTIONARY MODELS BY ESTIMATING HERITABILITY DUE TO COMMON CAUSAL VARIANTS AND INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISTANT INBREEDING

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

Frequent Co-Authors

Karin J. H. Verweij
Karin J. H. Verweij University of Amsterdam
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Margaret J. Wright
Margaret J. Wright University of Queensland
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Alan R. Sanders
Alan R. Sanders NorthShore University HealthSystem
Mikko Myrskylä
Mikko Myrskylä Max Planck Society
Lars Penke
Lars Penke University of Göttingen
Patrick Jern
Patrick Jern Åbo Akademi University
Catarina Almqvist
Catarina Almqvist Karolinska Institute
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University

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