Disgust and mating strategy

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 199-205

  Al Shawaf, Laith ^a   Lewis, David M G ^b   Buss, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disgust; Human mating; Mating strategies; Physical attractiveness; Sexual behavior; SOI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927911488     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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