Ovulatory Shifts in Women's Attractions to Primary Partners and Other Men: Further Evidence of the Importance of Primary Partner Sexual Attractiveness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Larson, Christina M ^a   Pillsworth, Elizabeth G ^a,b   Haselton, Martie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84866334410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044456     Document Type: Article

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