Abstract
Recent studies suggest that post-menopausal women demonstrate stronger preferences for feminine characteristics in male and female faces than do pre-menopausal women, potentially reflecting stronger preferences for healthy men and greater derogation of attractive women among more fertile women. A limitation of this work was that it assessed circum-menopausal women's face preferences using images of young adults only. Here, we found that post-menopausal women demonstrated stronger preferences for feminine characteristics in male and female peer-aged faces that did pre-menopausal women. These data present novel evidence for circum-menopausal variation in face perception and confirm that the circum-menopausal variation in face preferences observed previously was not an artefact of the young faces employed as stimuli.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 453-455 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Biological Psychology |
Volume | 87 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2011 |
Keywords
- Attraction
- Face perception
- Face shape
- Menopause
- Sexual dimorphism
- Social cognition