Interpersonal attraction from an evolutionary psychology perspective: Women's reactions to dominant and prosocial men

Evolutionary Social Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 141-167

  Graziano, William G ^a   Jensen Campbell, Lauri A ^b   Todd, Michael ^a   Finch, John E ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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