Sociality, pathogen avoidance, and the neuropeptides oxytocin and arginine vasopressin

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1367-1374

  Kavaliers, Martin ^a   Choleris, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

disgust; estrogen receptors; evolutionary psychology; human mate selection; mate choice; neuroendocrinology; olfactory perception; social behavior; social recognition; social threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555145864     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611420576     Document Type: Article

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