Female Gaze Behaviour, Status and the Menstrual Cycle: An Exploratory Study
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Sharp, M. A., & Hamilton, G. E. (2017)
Female Gaze Behaviour, Status and the Menstrual Cycle: An Exploratory Study. Human Ethology, 32(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.22330/heb/321/029-041
Whilst not explaining all social behaviour and organisation, dominance is nevertheless an important dimension of human social interaction. It has been hypothesized that gaze b...
Sex-Role Orientation in Men Is Related to Salivary Testosterone Levels
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Smith, M. J. L., Deady, D. K., Sharp, M. A., & Al-Dujaili, E. A. S. (2013)
Sex-Role Orientation in Men Is Related to Salivary Testosterone Levels. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 3(7), 518-521. https://doi.org/10.4236/jbbs.2013.37054
Previous research has implicated the involvement of androgens in sex-role orientation in males, from studies of 2 nd to 4 th digit ratio (a purported marker of prenatal testos...
Cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the human male face: Functions of glucocorticoids in the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis
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Moore, F., Al Dujaili, E., Cornwell, R., Smith, M. L., Lawson, J., Sharp, M., & Perrett, D. (2011)
Cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the human male face: Functions of glucocorticoids in the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis. Hormones and Behavior, 60(3), 269-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.05.010
The stress-linked version of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis has been proposed to account for inconsistencies in relationships between testosterone and immune respons...
Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human male faces
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Moore, F. R., Cornwell, R. E., Law Smith, M. J., Al Dujaili, E. A. S., Sharp, M., & Perrett, D. I. (2011)
Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human male faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1706), 774-780. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1678
The stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (SL-ICHH) of sexual selection incorporates a role of the stress hormone corticosterone (C; cortisol in humans) in relati...
Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces
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Welling, L., Jones, B., DeBruine, L., Conway, C., Law Smith, M., Little, A., …Al-Dujaili, E. (2007)
Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces. Hormones and Behavior, 52(2), 156-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.01.010
Women's preferences for masculinity in men's faces, voices and behavioral displays change during the menstrual cycle and are strongest around ovulation. While previous finding...