Does the contraceptive pill alter mate choice in humans?

2009/10/09 by Alexandra Alvergne, Virpi Lummaa · 1 citation
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Biology #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Mate choice #Mating #Medicine #Pharmacology #Pill #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.08.003

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