Beauty: In the gonads of the beholder - and the beheld

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-13

  Ellison, Peter T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Facial attractiveness; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONDITIONING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FACIES; FEMININITY; GONAD; LEARNING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCULINITY; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 37449021615     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.019     Document Type: Note

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