Discuss - Ovulating women (n=38) report more flirtation by mates, but only when mates are "low in sexual attractiveness relative to investment attractiveness"

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(#1) By cmlarson1 on Fri 03/30/2012 02:07 pm CDT (1 year ago)
This study has been replicated- numerous times

This study shouldn't be on this list since it has been replicated. There's one direct replication and several conceptual replications.

 

Direct replication: 

 

Pillsworth, E. G., & Haselton, M. G. (2006). Male sexual attractiveness predicts differential

ovulatory shifts in female extra-pair attraction and male mate retention. Evolution and Human Behavior, 27, 247–258. 

 

Conceptual replications:

 

Gangestad, S. W., Thornhill, R., & Garver-Apgar, C. E. (2005). Women's sexual interests across

the ovulatory cycle depend on primary partner developmental instability. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 272, 20232027.

 

Gangestad, S.W., Thornhill, R., & Garver-Apgar, C.E. (2010b).  Men's facial masculinity

predicts changes in their female partners' sexual interests across the ovulatory cycle, when men's intelligence does not. Evolution and Human Behavior, 31, 412–424. 

 

Garver-Apgar, C. E., Gangestad, S. W., Thornhill, R., Miller, R. D., & Olp, J. J. (2006). Major Histocompatibility Complex alleles, sexual responsivity, and unfaithfulness in romantic couples. Psychological Science, 17, 830–835.

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