Exposure to perceived male rivals raises men's testosterone on fertile relative to nonfertile days of their partner's ovulatory cycle

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 454-460

  Fales, Melissa R ^a   Gildersleeve, Kelly A ^a   Haselton, Martie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenge hypothesis; Competition; Menstrual cycle; Ovulation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILE PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATING; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID ANALYSIS; BLOOD; FERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; SALIVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899673017     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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