Olfactory sexual inhibition and the westermarck effect

Human Nature

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-91

  Schneider, Mark A ^a   Hendrix, Lewellyn ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosocial; Inbreeding; Incest; Kin recognition; Major histocompatibility complex; Olfaction; Sexual abuse; Sexual inhibition; Westermarck effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360566     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-000-1003-5     Document Type: Article

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