Mating context and menstrual phase affect women's preferences for male voice pitch

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 388-397

  Puts, David Andrew ^a,b  

^a Department of Anthropology ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundamental frequency; Good genes; Mate choice; Menstrual effect; Sexual selection; Voice pitch

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844533244     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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