Salience of emotional displays of danger and contagion in faces is enhanced when progesterone levels are raised

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-206

  Conway, C A ^a   Jones, B C ^a   DeBruine, L M ^a   Welling, L L M ^a   Law Smith, M J ^b   Perrett, D I ^b   Sharp, M A ^c   Al Dujaili, E A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Face perception; Menstrual cycle; Salivary progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROGESTERONE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846053279     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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