Effects of visual exposure to the opposite sex: Cognitive aspects of mate attraction in human males

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-404

  Roney, James R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mate attraction; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHICAGO; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COURTSHIP; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0037216263     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202250221     Document Type: Article

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