Male risk-taking as a context-sensitive signaling device

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1136-1139

  Baker Jr , Michael D ^a   Maner, Jon K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costly signaling; Decision making; Evolutionary psychology; Mating; Risk taking; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049092921     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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