Women's preference for male pupil-size: Effects of conception risk, sociosexuality and relationship status

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-508

  Caryl, Peter G ^a   Bean, Jocelyn E ^a   Smallwood, Eleanor B ^a   Barron, Jennifer C ^a   Tully, Laura ^a   Allerhand, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Conception risk; Menstrual cycle; Mixed mating strategy; Pupil size; Relationship status; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249115240     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Buss D.M., and Schmitt D.P. Sexual strategies theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating. Psychological Review 100 (1993) 204-232
2. Cooper M., O'Donnell D., Caryl P.G., Morrison R., and Bale C. Chat-up lines as male displays: Effects of content, sex and personality. Personality and Individual Differences 43 (2007) 1075-1085
3. DeBruine L.M., Jones B.C., and Perrett D.I. Women's attractiveness judgments of self-resembling faces change across the menstrual cycle. Hormones and Behavior 47 (2005) 379-383
4. Feinberg D.R., Jones B.C., Law Smith M.J., Moore F.R., DeBruine L.M., Cornwell R.E., et al. Effects of menstrual cycle and trait estrogen level on masculinity preferences in the human voice. Hormones and Behavior 49 (2006) 215-222
5. Gangestad S.W., Simpson J.A., Cousins A.J., Garver-Apgar C.E., and Christensen P.N. Women's preferences for male behavioral displays shift across the menstrual cycle. Psychological Science 15 (2004) 203-207
6. Gangestad S.W., and Thornhill R. Menstrual cycle variation in women's preferences for the scent of symmetrical men. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 265 (1998) 927-933
7. Gangestad S.W., and Thornhill R. Human oestrus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 275 (2008) 991-1000
8. Garver-Apgar C.E., Gangestad S.W., and Thornhill R. Hormonal correlates of women's mid-cycle preference for the scent of symmetry. Evolution and Human Behavior 29 (2008) 223-232
9. Garver-Apgar C.E., Gangestad S.W., Thornhill R., Miller R.D., and Olp J.J. Major histocompatability complex alleles, sexual responsivity, and unfaithfulness in romantic couples. Psychological Science 17 (2006) 830-835
10. Havlicek J., Roberts S.C., and Flegr J. Women's preference for dominant male odour: Effects of menstrual cycle and relationship status. Biology Letters 1 (2005) 256-259
11. Hess E.H. Attitude and pupil size. Scientific American 212 4 (1965) 46-54
12. Hess E.H., Seltzer A.L., and Shlien J.M. Pupil responses of hetero- and homosexual males to pictures of men and women. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 70 (1965) 165-168
13. Hicks R.A., Pellegrini R.J., and Tomlinson N. Attributions of female college students to male photographs as a function of attractiveness and pupil size. Perceptual and Motor Skills 47 (1978) 1265-1266
14. Jones B.C., Perrett D.I., Little A.C., Boothroyd L., Cornwell R.E., Feinberg D.R., et al. Menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 272 (2005) 347-354
15. Laeng B., and Falkenberg L. Women's pupillary responses to sexually significant others during the hormonal cycle. Hormones and Behavior 52 (2007) 520-530
16. Penton-Voak I.S., and Perrett D.I. Female preference for male faces changes cyclically: Further evidence. Evolution and Human Behavior 21 (2000) 39-48
17. Penton-Voak I.S., Perrett D.I., Castles D.L., Kobayashi T., Burt D.M., Murray L.K., et al. Female preference for male faces changes cyclically. Nature 399 (1999) 741-742
18. Provost M.P., Kormos C., Kosakoski G., and Quinsey V.L. Sociosexuality in women and preference for facial masculinization and somatotype in men. Archives of Sexual Behavior 35 (2006) 305-312
19. Provost M.P., Troje N.F., and Quinsey V.L. Short-term mating strategies and attraction to masculinity in point-light walkers. Evolution and Human Behavior 29 (2008) 65-69
20. Puts D.A. Mating context and menstrual phase affects women's preferences for voice pitch. Evolution and Human Behavior 26 (2005) 388-397
21. Roney J.R., and Simmons Z.L. Women's estradiol predicts preference for facial cues of male testosterone. Hormones and Behavior 53 (2008) 14-19
22. Simpson J.A., and Gangestad S.W. Individual differences in sociosexuality: Evidence for convergent and discriminant validity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 60 (1991) 870-883
23. Thornhill R., and Gangestad S.W. Do women have evolved adaptation for extra-pair copulations?. In: Voland E., and Grammer K. (Eds). Evolutionary aesthetics (2003), Springer, Heidelberg 341-368
24. Tombs S., and Silverman I. Pupillometry a sexual selection approach. Evolution and Human Behavior 25 (2004) 221-228
25. Waynforth D., Delwadia S., and Camm M. The influence of women's mating strategies on the preference for masculine facial architecture. Evolution and Human Behavior 26 (2005) 409-416
26. Welling L.L.M., Jones B.C., DeBruine L.M., Conway C.A., Law Smith M.J., Little A.C., et al. Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces. Hormones and Behavior 52 (2007) 156-161
27. Wilcox A.J., Dunson D.B., Weinberg C.R., Trussell J., and Baird D.D. Likelihood of conception with a single act of intercourse: Providing benchmark rates for assessment of post-coital contraceptives. Contraception 63 (2001) 211-215
28. Zar J.H. Biostatistical analysis. 4th ed. (1999), Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ