Partner status influences women's interest in the opposite sex

Human Nature

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-104

  Rupp, Heather ^a   Librach, Giliah R ^a   Feipel, Nick C ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a   Heiman, Julia R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face processing; Mate choice; Response time; Sex differences; Viewing time

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549114623     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-009-9056-6     Document Type: Article

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