The Fluctuating Female Vote: Politics, Religion, and the Ovulatory Cycle

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1007-1016

  Durante, Kristina M ^a   Rae, Ashley ^a   Griskevicius, Vladas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary psychology; fertility; political attitudes; relationships; religiosity; religious beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878788378     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612466416     Document Type: Article

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