An exploratory, cross-cultural study on perception of putative cyclical changes in facial fertility cues.

ABSTRACT: Although many researchers have argued that facial traits evolved as honest cues to women's current fertility (possibly via changes in facial femininity), evidence that women's facial attractiveness is significantly, positively related to probability of conception throughout menstrual cycle is mixed. These mixed results could reflect differences among studies in the methods used to assess facial attractiveness (i.e., forced choice versus rating-scale methods), differences in how fertility was assessed, differences in perceiver characteristics (e.g., their own attractiveness), and facial preferences possibly being moderated by the characteristics of the living environment. Consequently, the current study investigated the putative effect of cyclical changes in fertility on women's facial attr

SUBMITTER: Marcinkowska UM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377019 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature