Cross-cultural variation in women's preferences for cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the male face

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Moore, F R ^a   Coetzee, V ^b   Contreras Garduno, J ^c   Debruine, L M ^d   Kleisner, K ^e   Krams, I ^f,g   Marcinkowska, U ^h   Nord, A ⁱ   Perrett, D I ^j   Rantala, M J ^h   Schaum, N ^k   Suzuki, T N ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^l RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Attractiveness; Cortisol; Face; Masculinity; Stress linked immunocompetence handicap; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOASSAY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MASCULINIZATION; SEX HORMONE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84878178090     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0050     Document Type: Article

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