Meta-analysis of menstrual cycle effects on women's mate preferences

Emotion Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-249

  Wood, Wendy ^a   Kressel, Laura ^a   Joshi, Priyanka D ^a   Louie, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender roles; Mate preferences; Menstrual cycle; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904191918     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073914523073     Document Type: Article

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