Women's attractiveness changes with estradiol and progesterone across the ovulatory cycle

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Puts, David A ^a   Bailey, Drew H ^b   Cárdenas, Rodrigo A ^a   Burriss, Robert P ^c   Welling, Lisa L M ^a   Wheatley, John R ^a   Dawood, Khytam ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Estradiol; Face; Menstrual cycle; Progesterone; Voice

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MATING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; ESTRADIOL; FACE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROGESTERONE; SALIVA; VOICE;

EID: 84871932520     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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