Estradiol is the “prototypic” sex hormone of women. Yet, women have another sex hormone,
which is often disregarded: Progesterone. The goal of this article is to provide a …

Face preferences affect a diverse range of critical social outcomes, from mate choices and
decisions about platonic relationships to hiring decisions and decisions about social …

Disgust is an evolved psychological system for protecting organisms from infection through
disease avoidant behaviour. This 'behavioural immune system', present in a diverse array of …

The menstrual cycle has attracted research interest ever since the 1930s. For many
researchers the menstrual cycle is an excellent model of ovarian steroid influence on …

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) has previously been found to reduce amygdala reactivity
to social and emotional stimuli in healthy men. The present study aimed to investigate the …

Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional
conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional …

Based merely on the scents of shirts worn recently by unknown men, women can, to a
significant degree, assess the men's physical attractiveness—but only while ovulating. When …

Accumulating evidence suggests that intranasal oxytocin (OXT; 24 IU) reduces amygdala
responses to fear-related stimuli in men, while exerting inverse effects in women. However …

It is argued that during ongoing visual perception, the brain is generating top-down
predictions to facilitate, guide and constrain the processing of incoming sensory input. Here …

While many studies of face preferences have emphasized high agreement among
individuals about the types of faces they consider attractive and unattractive, other studies …