Abstract：
:In many species, females are more sexually attractive to males near ovulation. Some evidence suggests a similar pattern in humans, but methodological limitations prohibit firm conclusions at present, and information on physiological mechanisms underlying any such pattern is lacking. In 202 normally-cycling women, we explored whether women's attractiveness changed over the cycle as a function of two likely candidates for mediating these changes: estradiol and progesterone. We scheduled women to attend one session during the late follicular phase and another during the mid-luteal phase. At each session, facial photographs, voice recordings and saliva samples were collected. All photographs and voice recordings were subsequently rated by men for attractiveness and by women for flirtatiousness and attractiveness to men. Saliva samples were assayed for estradiol and progesterone. We found that progesterone and its interaction with estradiol negatively predicted vocal attractiveness and overall (facial plus vocal) attractiveness to men. Progesterone also negatively predicted women's facial attractiveness to men and female-rated facial attractiveness, facial flirtatiousness and vocal attractiveness, but not female-rated vocal flirtatiousness. These results strongly suggest a pattern of increased attractiveness during peak fertility in the menstrual cycle and implicate estradiol and progesterone in driving these changes.
journal_name
Horm Behavjournal_title
Hormones and behaviorauthors
Puts DA,Bailey DH,Cárdenas RA,Burriss RP,Welling LL,Wheatley JR,Dawood Kdoi
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-01-01 00:00:00pages
13-9issue
1eissn
0018-506Xissn
1095-6867pii
S0018-506X(12)00279-6journal_volume
63pub_type
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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