Age at menarche predicts individual differences in women's preferences for masculinized male voices in adulthood

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 860-863

  Jones, Benedict C ^a   Boothroyd, Lynda ^b   Feinberg, David R ^c   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attraction; Individual differences; Mate choice; Mate preferences; Menarche; Sexual dimorphism; Voices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949335541     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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