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Meta-analysis · 2014

Meta-analysis of menstrual cycle effects on women's mate preferences

W. Wood, L. Kressel, P. D. Joshi, B. Louie. Emotion Review.

A competing meta-analysis found little support for cycle-shifted mate preferences once methods were scrutinized. Keep it on the same edge as Gildersleeve. The honest stamp is contested, not 'debunked' and not 'settled biology'.

Open sourcedoi:10.1177/1754073914523073

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