One woman's behavior affects the attractiveness of others

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-149

  Mishra, Sandeep ^a   Clark, Andrew ^a   Daly, Martin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Contrast effects; Evolutionary psychology; Mating effort; Proceptivity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846869070     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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