Testosterone increases perceived dominance but not attractiveness in human males

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1507, 2002, Pages 2285-2289

  Swaddle, John P ^a   Reierson, Gillian W ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Handicap; Homo sapiens; Immunocompetence; Mate preference; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FACIES; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATE CHOICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 41049102317     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2165     Document Type: Article

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