Reported sexual desire predicts men's preferences for sexually dimorphic cues in women's faces

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1281-1285

  Jones, Benedict C ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Watkins, Christopher D ^a   Welling, Lisa L M ^c   Debruine, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Face perception; Mate choice; Sex drive; Sexual desire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MARRIAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MARRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355182279     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9721-1     Document Type: Article

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