Women's preference for male pupil-size: Effects of conception risk, sociosexuality and relationship status

被引：12

作者：

Caryl, Peter G. ^{[1
]}

Bean, Jocelyn E. ^{[1
]}

Smallwood, Eleanor B. ^{[1
]}

Barron, Jennifer C. ^{[1
]}

Tully, Laura ^{[1
]}

Allerhand, Michael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Edinburgh, Dept Psychol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2009年 / 46卷 / 04期

关键词：

Pupil-size; Attractiveness; Menstrual cycle; Sociosexuality; Relationship status; Conception risk; Mixed mating strategy; MENSTRUAL-CYCLE; FACES; ATTRACTION; TESTOSTERONE; MASCULINITY; STRATEGIES; DISPLAYS; SCENT; VOICE; MEN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.024

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Women differ in preference for small, medium or large pupil-size in male faces (Tombs & Silverman, 2004). We show that preference for large pupils is significantly stronger in women who were tested in the fertile (follicular) phase of the menstrual cycle than in those tested in the non-fertile phase (luteal phase and menses) or those using hormonal birth control (a pattern seen in response to many signals of male genetic quality: Gangestad & Thornhill, 2008). In addition, measures of sociosexuality and relationship status (single vs. partnered), and of attitude to 'bad boy' traits in a dating partner, help to predict pupil-size preference. We found that pupil-size preference peaked early in the menstrual cycle, 4 days before the peak in risk of conception. and we discuss the contrast with other cues for which maximum response occurs around the time of peak conception risk. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：503 / 508

页数：6

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