Women seek more variety in rewards when closer to ovulation

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 503-508

  Faraji Rad, Ali ^a   Moeini Jazani, Mehrad ^b   Warlop, Luk ^b,c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fertility; Reward sensitivity; Variety seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884134437     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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