Curvaceous female bodies activate neural reward centers in men

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-283

  Spicer, Kristen Rae ^a   Platek, Steven M ^a  

^a GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary biology; Human behavior; Mate choice; Neuroscience; Sexual selection; Waist to hip ratio (WHR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055018466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.3.11560     Document Type: Article

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