Menstrual Cycle and Facial Preferences Reconsidered

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 669-681

  Harris, Christine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Evolutionary theory; Facial preferences; Infidelity; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956301669     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9772-8     Document Type: Article

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