Women's probability of conception is associated with their preference for flirtatious but not masculine facial movement

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1297-1304

  Morrison, Edward R ^a   Clark, Andrew P ^b   Gralewski, Lisa ^b   Campbell, Neill ^b   Penton Voak, Ian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic stimuli; Facial attractiveness; Facial movement; Flirting; Mate choice; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; FACE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651108517     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9527-1     Document Type: Article

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