Circum-menopausal effects on women's judgements of facial attractiveness

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-64

  Vukovic, Jovana ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Feinberg, David R ^c   Welling, Lisa L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Derogation; Facial attractiveness; Menopause; Menstrual cycle; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; AGE; ESTHETICS; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEAUTY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 63249097083     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0478     Document Type: Article

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