Menstrual influences on person perception: Male sensitivity to fluctuating female fertility

Social Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-290

  Johnston, Lucy ^a   Miles, Lynden ^a   Carter, Clare ^b   Macrae, C Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24144492964     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: 0278016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2005.23.3.279     Document Type: Article

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