Journal article
Concordant preferences for oppositesex signals? Human pheromones and facial characteristics
Abstract
We have investigated whether preferences for masculine and feminine characteristics are correlated across two modalities, olfaction and vision. In study 1, subjects rated the pleasantness of putative male (4,16-androstadien-3-one; 5alpha-androst-16-en-3-one) and female (1,3,5 (10),16-estratetraen-3-ol) pheromones, and chose the most attractive face shape from a masculine-feminine continuum for a long- and a short-term relationship. Study 2 …
Authors
Cornwell RE; Boothroyd L; Burt DM; Feinberg DR; Jones BC; Little AC; Pitman R; Whiten S; Perrett DI
Journal
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Vol. 271, No. 1539, pp. 635–640
Publisher
The Royal Society
Publication Date
March 22, 2004
DOI
10.1098/rspb.2003.2649
ISSN
0962-8452