Fertility and race perception predict voter preference for Barack Obama

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 394-399

  Navarrete, Carlos David ^a   McDonald, Melissa M ^a   Mott, Michael L ^a   Cesario, Joseph ^a   Sapolsky, Robert ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conception risk; Discrimination; Menstrual cycle; Political psychology; Race bias; Sexual coercion avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957753033     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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