Changes in salivary estradiol predict changes in women's preferences for vocal masculinity
Changes in salivary estradiol predict changes in women's preferences for vocal masculinity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.07.006
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发表时间：
2014-08-01
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3.5
通讯作者：
Jones, Benedict C.
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作者：
Pisanski, Katarzyna;Hahn, Amanda C.;Jones, Benedict C.
尽管许多研究报告称，女性对男性男性身体特征的偏好在月经周期中会发生系统性变化，但目前对这些变化的激素机制知之甚少。以前的研究调查了测量的激素水平和女性男性气质偏好之间的关系，只测试了对男性面部吸引力的判断。这些研究的结果表明，对男性面部男性特征的偏好与女性的雌二醇或睾酮水平有关。为了进一步研究女性内男性气质偏好变化的激素相关性，我们在这里测量了62名女性的唾液雌二醇，孕酮和睾酮水平，以及他们对男性声音中男性特征的偏好。这些数据的多层次模型表明，唾液雌二醇的变化是最好的预测女性的声音阳刚之气的喜好变化。这些结果补充了其他最近的研究，这些研究表明雌二醇与女性的择偶偏好、对求爱信号的注意力、性动机和性策略有关，并且是第一个将女性的声音偏好直接与测量的激素水平联系起来的研究。(C)2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Although many studies have reported that women's preferences for masculine physical characteristics in men change systematically during the menstrual cycle, the hormonal mechanisms underpinning these changes are currently poorly understood. Previous studies investigating the relationships between measured hormone levels and women's masculinity preferences tested only judgments of men's facial attractiveness. Results of these studies suggested that preferences for masculine characteristics in men's faces were related to either women's estradiol or testosterone levels. To investigate the hormonal correlates of within-woman variation in masculinity preferences further, here we measured 62 women's salivary estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone levels and their preferences for masculine characteristics in men's voices in five weekly test sessions. Multilevel modeling of these data showed that changes in salivary estradiol were the best predictor of changes in women's preferences for vocal masculinity. These results complement other recent research implicating estradiol in women's mate preferences, attention to courtship signals, sexual motivation, and sexual strategies, and are the first to link women's voice preferences directly to measured hormone levels. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.