Male interest in visual cues of sperm competition risk

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 443-466

  Pound, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Human sexuality; Internet; Pornography; Sexual arousal; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036838110     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(02)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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