Oxytocin administration leads to a preference for masculinized male faces

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1257-1260

  Theodoridou, Angeliki ^a   Rowe, Angela C ^a   Rogers, Peter J ^a   Penton Voak, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Masculinity preferences; Oxytocin; Social perception

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FACE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY PREFERENCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; OXYTOCIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051474644     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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