Menstrual cycle shifts in attentional bias for courtship language

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-140

  Rosen, Maya L ^a   López, Hassan H ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional bias; Courtship; Estradiol; Fertility; Language; Menstrual cycle; Ovulatory; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649088450     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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