The eyes have it: Sex and sexual orientation differences in pupil dilation patterns

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Rieger, Gerulf ^a   Savin Williams, Ritch C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BISEXUAL MALE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MYDRIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; PUPIL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84864557360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040256     Document Type: Article

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