Circum-menopausal changes in women's preferences for sexually dimorphic shape cues in peer-aged faces

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-455

  Jones, Benedict C ^a   Vukovic, Jovana ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Roberts, S Craig ^b   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attraction; Face perception; Face shape; Menopause; Sexual dimorphism; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASCULINITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PERIMENOPAUSE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960096616     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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