Mating Interest Improves Women's Accuracy in Judging Male Sexual Orientation

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 881-886

  Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Rosen, Katherine S ^b   Slepian, Michael L ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

sexual orientation; social perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960471062     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611412394     Document Type: Article

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