Manipulated luxury-apartment ownership enhances opposite-sex attraction in females but not males

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17

  Dunn, Michael ^a   Hill, A ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attractiveness enhancement; context manipulation; sex differences; status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897762674     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.12.2014.1.1     Document Type: Article

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