Meta-analysis · 2014
Do women's mate preferences change across the ovulatory cycle? A meta-analytic review
K. Gildersleeve, M. G. Haselton, M. R. Fales. Psychological Bulletin.
A meta-analysis reported cycle shifts toward masculine/dominant cues at high fertility. The finding is the citation for the pop-evo cycle story — and the start of the replication fight, not the end of it.
Open sourcedoi:10.1037/a0035438PMID 24564172
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