Mate value and mate preferences: An investigation into decisions made with and without constraints

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 835-839

  Edlund, John E ^a   Sagarin, Brad J ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate preferences; Mate value

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956823564     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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