Women Are More Likely to Wear Red or Pink at Peak Fertility

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1837-1841

  Beall, Alec T ^a   Tracy, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

color perception; conception risk; evolutionary psychology; fertility; human mate selection; ovulation; physical appearance; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CANADA; CLOTHING; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CONCEPTION RISK; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN MATE SELECTION; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPTION RISK; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; FERTILITY; HUMAN MATE SELECTION; OVULATION; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLOTHING; COLOR; CUES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883829186     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613476045     Document Type: Article

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