Cross-cultural variation in women’s preferences for cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the male face

dc.contributor.authorMoore, Fhionna R.
dc.contributor.authorCoetzee, Vinet
dc.contributor.authorContreras-Garduno, J.
dc.contributor.authorDeBruine, L.M.
dc.contributor.authorKleisner, K.
dc.contributor.authorKrams, Indrikis
dc.contributor.authorMarcinkowska, U.
dc.contributor.authorNord, A.
dc.contributor.authorPerrett, David Ian
dc.contributor.authorRantala, Markus J.
dc.contributor.authorSchaum, N.
dc.contributor.authorSuzuki, T.N.
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-25T06:16:43Z
dc.date.available2014-03-31T00:20:05Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractWomen in the UK prefer the faces of men with low levels of the stress hormone cortisol, and the relationship is moderated by the sex hormone testosterone. In a Latvian sample, however, women’s preferences were not affected by cortisol, and the interaction with testosterone differed from that of the UK. To further explore cross-cultural variation in preferences for facial cues to sex- and stress-hormones, we tested the preferences of women from 13 countries for facial composites constructed to differ in combinations of the hormones. We found significant relationships between a measure of societal development (the United Nations human development index 2011) and preferences for cues to testosterone in the face, and the interaction between preferences for cues to testosterone and cortisol. We also found a significant relationship between preferences for cues to testosterone and a societal-level measure of parasite stress. We conclude that societal-level ecological factors influence the relative value of traits revealed by combinations of sex- and stress-hormones.en_US
dc.description.librarianhb2013en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipJCG was supported by CONACyT grant no. 152666.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://publishing.royalsociety.org/index.cfm?page=1566en_US
dc.identifier.citationMoore, FR, Coetzee, V, Contreras-Garduno, J ... et al. 2013, 'Cross-cultural variation in women’s preferences for cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the male face', Biology Letters, vol. 9, no. 3, Art.#20130050.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1744-957X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1098/rsbl.2013.0050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/31791
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Royal Societyen_US
dc.rights© 2013 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.subjectStress-linked immunocompetence handicapen_US
dc.subjectCortisolen_US
dc.subjectTestosteroneen_US
dc.subjectFaceen_US
dc.subjectAttractivenessen_US
dc.subjectMasculinityen_US
dc.titleCross-cultural variation in women’s preferences for cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the male faceen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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