Effects of stress on women’s preference for male facial masculinity and their endocrine correlates
Women’s preferences for masculinity in men’s faces seem to vary across the menstrual cycle and are assumed to be strongest around ovulation. A number of hormones have been proposed to underlie these subtle cyclic shifts. Furthermore, mating preferences are context-dependent, and stress has been foun...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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3 May 2017
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Psychoneuroendocrinology
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 82, Pages: 67-74 |
| ISSN: | 1873-3360 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.05.006 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.05.006 Verlag, Volltext: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306453016309970 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Beate Ditzen, Simona Palm-Fischbacher, Lara Gossweiler, Livia Stucky, Ulrike Ehlert |
| Zusammenfassung: | Women’s preferences for masculinity in men’s faces seem to vary across the menstrual cycle and are assumed to be strongest around ovulation. A number of hormones have been proposed to underlie these subtle cyclic shifts. Furthermore, mating preferences are context-dependent, and stress has been found to alter mate choice, both in animals and humans. Currently, the effects of stress on women’s preference for masculinity remain unknown. |
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| Beschreibung: | Gesehen am 23.05.2018 |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1873-3360 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.05.006 |