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Steve Gangestad
Also known as: Steven Gangestad
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Hormones & desire - American Psychological Association apa.org Mar 1, 2011 9 facts
quoteSteve Gangestad stated: 'Infidelity may be part of the strategy. But while there has been selection for conditional unfaithfulness, it’s also very possible that there was never selection of that sort — that estrus is a carry over from pre-pair-bonding, and has not been modified in the context of pair-bonding (for example, for infidelity).'
procedureIn a study of 66 young couples, Steve Gangestad and colleagues assessed male partners' intelligence and facial attractiveness, while requiring women to complete questionnaires about their sexual feelings toward their partners and other men at fertile and non-fertile points in their cycles.
claimResearch by Steve Gangestad found no significant effects of male intelligence on female partner preference during ovulation.
claimSteve Gangestad's study found no significant effects of male intelligence on women's attraction preferences during ovulation.
accountSteve Gangestad, a professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico, conducted a study with 66 young couples to investigate how ovulation affects women's preferences for men, assessing male intelligence and facial attractiveness.
perspectiveSteve Gangestad suggests that female infidelity may be a reproductive strategy, or alternatively, that estrus is a carry-over from pre-pair-bonding that has not been modified in the context of pair-bonding.
claimSteve Gangestad's study found that women with facially unattractive partners showed increased attraction to other men during ovulation, though this effect disappeared when researchers controlled for men's facial masculinity or femininity.
referenceIn a 2007 study of 238 college women published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Steve Gangestad and colleagues found that women in mid-cycle tended to prefer short-term relationships with men perceived as confident or 'caddish'.
claimSteve Gangestad is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico who investigates how ovulation affects women's preferences in men.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimResearch by Steven Gangestad in 2004 indicates that highly fertile women prefer men who display social presence and intrasexual competition, as these traits may act as cues for a male's ability to acquire resources.