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Oxytocin and mate choice. 19 Feb 2019
Oxytocin and mate choice. 19 Feb 2019
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Feb 19, 2019
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In this month's episode we look at how men and women's partner preferences are affected by a dose of oxytocin, aka "the love hormone". We'll also find out whether germophobes are more or less likely to pursue short-term relationships.Download the MP3 Subscribe!
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Disgust and Short-Term Relationships
Oxytocin and Mate-ChoiceHow does oxytocin affect men and women's partner preferences? FreestocksThe articles covered in the show: Al-Shawaf, L., Lewis, D. M. G., Ghossainy, M. E., & Buss, D. M. (in press). Experimentally inducing disgust reduces desire for short-term mating. Evolutionary Psychological Science. Read summaryXu, L., Becker, B., Luo, R., Zheng, X., Zhao, W., Zhang, Q., et al. (2018). Oxytocin amplifies sex differences in human mate choice. BioRxiv. Read preprint
Make sure you never miss an episode by subscribing in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Read the transcript!
Disgust and Short-Term Relationships
Oxytocin and Mate-ChoiceHow does oxytocin affect men and women's partner preferences? FreestocksThe articles covered in the show: Al-Shawaf, L., Lewis, D. M. G., Ghossainy, M. E., & Buss, D. M. (in press). Experimentally inducing disgust reduces desire for short-term mating. Evolutionary Psychological Science. Read summaryXu, L., Becker, B., Luo, R., Zheng, X., Zhao, W., Zhang, Q., et al. (2018). Oxytocin amplifies sex differences in human mate choice. BioRxiv. Read preprint
Released:
Feb 19, 2019
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Podcast episode
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