Abstract：
:In human females cyclic shifts in preference have been documented for odour and physical and behavioral male traits. Women prefer the smell of dominant males, more masculine male faces and men behaving more dominantly when at peak fertility than at other times in their menstrual cycle. Here we examine variation in preferences for body sexual dimorphism. Across two studies, both between- and within-participant, we show that women prefer greater masculinity in male bodies at times when their fertility is likely highest, in the follicular phase of their cycle. Shifts were seen when rating for a short-term but not when rating for a long-term relationship. In line with studies showing similar effects for facial sexual dimorphism, we also show that women prefer greater masculinity when they think themselves attractive than when they think themselves less attractive. These results indicate that women's preferences for sexual dimorphism in male bodies follow a similar pattern as found for sexual dimorphism and dominance in other domains and such differences in preference may serve a similar function. Cyclic preferences could influence women to select partners when most likely to become pregnant that possess traits that may be most likely to maximize their offspring's quality via attraction to masculinity or serve to help acquire investment via attraction to femininity.
journal_name
Horm Behavjournal_title
Hormones and behaviorauthors
Little AC,Jones BC,Burriss RPdoi
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-05-01 00:00:00pages
633-9issue
5eissn
0018-506Xissn
1095-6867pii
S0018-506X(07)00036-0journal_volume
51pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:A sequence of behaviours which we call courtship initiates reproduction in a large number of species. In vertebrates, as a component of male sexual behaviour courtship is strongly influenced by testicular androgen. Here I will review some salient issues about the regulation of courtship by testosterone in birds. The f...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.04.004
更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Sex differences in incidence and severity of some stress-related, neuropsychiatric disorders are often reported to favor men, suggesting that women may be more vulnerable to aberrant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses to stress. In this review, we discuss several investigations that we, and others, ha...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.06.003
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:There is growing evidence from preclinical studies for an involvement of orexins (ORX) in the regulation of stress, affectivity and addictive behavior. The aim of our study was to gather corresponding clinical data and to elucidate the relationships between alcohol withdrawal stress, ORX plasma concentration and psych...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.08.017
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A total of 54 ovariectomized female guinea pigs were divided into three groups and tested six times at 2-week intervals for their responsiveness to exogenous ovarian hormones (3 days of 4 micrograms/kg estradiol benzoate plus 1 day of 0.4 mg/kg progesterone) or control injections (0.2 ml oil vehicle). Two weeks after ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(85)90005-4
更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Perinatal treatment of female rats with androgen decreases the nuclear volume of the anteroventral periventricular nucleus of the preoptic area (AVPvN-POA). In order to examine the effect of androgen on neurogenesis, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was given once on Day 15 of gestation (= E15) to pregnant rats that also rece...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1994.1027
更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anger is a state of emotions ranging from irritation to intense rage. Aggression implies externalizing anger through destructive/punitive behaviour. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care, Edition 7 (SOC7) guidelines warn about aggression in transgender men (TM)...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.02.016
更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In adult rodents, leptin has been shown to significantly alter the activity of several neuroendocrine functions, including the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Leptin is generally believed to be inhibitory to HPA activity in adults. Developing rat pups have high circulating levels of leptin, ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.2000.1578
更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Japanese quail selected bidirectionally for adult mating frequency were utilized to study in vivo aromatization of testosterone (T) in relation to masculine copulatory behavior. Functionally castrated high (HM) and low mating (LM) line quail were injected with 75 microCi of [3H]T. One hour after the injection, all rad...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(83)90031-4
更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Estrogens have been shown to be protective agents against neurodegeneration and associated cognitive decline in aging females. However, clinical data have been equivocal as to the benefits to the brain and cognition of estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women. One factor that is proposed to be critical in determining ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.05.003
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:After proposing the organizational hypothesis from research in prenatally androgenized guinea pigs (Phoenix, C.H., Goy, R.W., Gerall, A.A., Young, W.C., 1959. Organizational action of prenatally administered testosterone propionate on the tissues mediating mating behavior in the female guinea pig. Endocrinology 65, 36...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.015
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effect of a high-fat diet on growth, sexual maturation, and developmental changes in serum levels of estradiol (E2), growth hormone (GH), somatomedin-C (Sm-C), and insulin were examined in outdoor-housed premenarchial rhesus monkeys. From 16 to 32 months of age, females were fed either a high-fat diet (HFD, N = 5)...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(88)90069-4
更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Estrogen Therapy (ET) may protect against age-related cognitive decline and neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disease). The biological basis for this putative neuroprotective effect is not fully understood, but may include modulation of cholinergic systems. Cholinergic dysfunction has been implicated in age...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.007
更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Developmental plasticity of HPA and fear responses in rats has been proposed to be mediated by environment-dependent variation in active maternal care. Here, we review this maternal mediation hypothesis based on the postnatal manipulation literature and on our own recent research in rats. We show that developmental pl...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.06.015
更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Appropriate timing of migratory behavior is critical for migrant species. For many temperate zone birds in the spring, lengthening photoperiod is the initial cue leading to morphological, physiological and behavior changes that are necessary for vernal migration and breeding. Strong evidence has emerged in recent year...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.05.021
更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Nazca boobies (Sula granti) show unconditional obligate siblicide immediately after hatching, reducing the typical two-egg clutch size to one. We studied body mass changes and levels of testosterone (T), corticosterone (CORT), and progesterone (P) for A-chicks (dominant, first hatched), B-chicks (subordinate, second h...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.2001.1661
更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Male wild house mice, selected for short (SAL) and long (LAL) attack latency, show distinctly different behavioral strategies in coping with environmental challenges. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that this difference in coping style is associated with a differential stress responsiveness of the hypothalamic...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0018-506x(02)00013-2
更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The neuropeptide Oxytocin (OT) has been implicated in many aspects of mammalian social behavior. This study investigates how OT interacts with two well-studied determinants of cooperative behavior: incentives and social information. Participants received OT or a placebo and played two economic games: a Coordination Ga...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.006
更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The transition to parenthood has been associated with declines in testosterone among partnered fathers, which may reflect males' motivation to invest in the family. Moreover, preliminary evidence has found that couples show correlations in hormone levels across pregnancy that may also be linked to fathers' preparation...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.07.005
更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The periaqueductal gray (PAG) columns have been implicated in controlling stress responses through corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), which is a neuropeptide with a prominent role in the etiology of fear- and anxiety-related psychopathologies. Several studies have investigated the involvement of dorsal PAG (dPAG) C...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.04.001
更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Progesterone receptor (PR) is expressed in Cajal-Retzius (CR) cells of the dentate gyrus (DG) molecular layer during the postnatal period (P1-28), a critical stage of development for the dentate gyrus and its circuitry. CR cells secrete the glycoprotein, reelin, which is required for typical development of the DG and ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104887
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Based on a wide variety of data, it is now clear that birds and teleost (bony) fish possess a core "social behavior network" within the basal forebrain and midbrain that is homologous to the social behavior network of mammals. The nodes of this network are reciprocally connected, contain receptors for sex steroid horm...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.02.003
更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In New World monkeys of the family Callitrichidae (marmosets and tamarins), females frequently give birth to dizygotic twins. Twins share a placental circulation throughout fetal development and are hemopoietic chimeras. Despite this, there is no masculinization (freemartinism) in females which develop next to a male ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1993.1016
更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Social behavior plays a significant role in the formation of social structure and population regulation in both animals and humans. Oxytocin (OXT) and its receptor (OXTR) are well known for regulating social behaviors, but their upstream regulating factors are rarely investigated. We hypothesized that the phosphorylat...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104638
更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Interspecific differences in the neuropeptide systems of the lateral septum (LS) often parallel differences in social behavior. In rodents, some closely related species that differ in aggressive behavior also differ according to the level of vasopressin (VP) innervation of the LS. In songbirds, the neuropeptides vasot...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.03.004
更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Most nonhuman primate research on risk factors underlying vulnerability to stress has focused on early psychosocial experiences in various species of macaques. To test for genetic and experiential effects on emotional vulnerability in randomly bred squirrel monkeys, here we combined a paternal half-sibling analysis wi...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1999.1547
更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Physical inactivity and increased consumption of energy dense, high fat (HF) foods often leads to a state of positive energy balance. Regular exercise can facilitate the maintenance of a healthy body weight and mediate changes in dietary selection. Past studies using a two-diet choice (chow vs. HF) and voluntary wheel...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.02.010
更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fecal testosterone and cortisol levels were analyzed from six wild male muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides) over a 19-month period at the Estação Biológica de Caratinga in Minas Gerais, Brazil, to investigate the hormonal correlates of seasonal sexual behavior and environmental conditions. Group mean testosterone level...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1998.1505
更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The morphology and behavior of female rodents is partially masculinized as a result of residence near males in the same uterine horn (Clemens effect). Two hypothetical mechanisms have been proposed to account for this effect. In the first hypothesis ("contiguity") androgens secreted by males in utero are proposed to d...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(84)90032-1
更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Dopamine is synthesized from l-dopa and subsequently processed into norepinephrine and epinephrine. Any excess neurotransmitter can be taken up again by the neurons to be broken down enzymatically into DOPAC. The effect of dopamine on mammalian food intake is controversial. Mice unable to synthesize central dopamine d...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.05.008
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In most male birds that exhibit paternal care, extending the spring testosterone (T) peak throughout the breeding season reduces nestling provisioning. However, in some species, this trade-off between high T and expression of paternal care is absent. For example, during some or all of the nestling period, T did not af...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.10.004
更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00
