Effects of the menstrual cycle on looking preferences for faces in female rhesus monkeys

Animal Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Lacreuse, Agnès ^a,b,c   Martin Malivel, Julie ^b,c   Lange, Henry S ^b,c   Herndon, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Estrogen; Face perception; Mate choice; Memory; Menstrual cycle; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVALUATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESTRADIOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 33947537234     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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