Professor Lynda Boothroyd's Outputs (5)

Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces (2005)
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Jones, B., Little, A., Boothroyd, L., Feinberg, D., Cornwell, R., DeBruine, L., …Perrett, D. (2005). Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26(6), 451-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.05.001

Physical condition (e.g., health, fertility) influences female mate preferences in many species, with females in good condition preferring "higher quality" (e.g., healthier) mates. In humans, condition may comprise both physical (e.g., health and fer... Read More about Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces.

Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is high (2005)
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Jones, B., Little, A., Boothroyd, L., DeBruine, L., Feinberg, D., Smith, M. L., …Perrett, D. (2005). Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is high. Hormones and Behavior, 48(3), 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.03.010

Previous studies of changes in women's behavior during the menstrual cycle have offered insight into the motivations underpinning women's preferences for social cues associated with possible direct benefits (e.g., investment, low risk of infection) a... Read More about Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is high.

The voice and face of woman: one ornament that signals quality? (2005)
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Feinberg, D., Jones, B., DeBruine, L., Moore, F., Law Smith, M., Cornwell, R., …Perrett, D. (2005). The voice and face of woman: one ornament that signals quality?. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26(5), 398-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.04.001

The attractiveness of women's faces, voices, bodies, and odors appear to be interrelated, suggesting that they reflect a common trait such as femininity. We invoked novel approaches to test the interrelationships between female vocal and facial attra... Read More about The voice and face of woman: one ornament that signals quality?.

Facial masculinity is related to perceived age, but not perceived health (2005)
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Boothroyd, L., Jones, B., Burt, D., Cornwell, R., Little, A., Tiddeman, B., & Perrett, D. (2005). Facial masculinity is related to perceived age, but not perceived health. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26(5), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.01.001

Variation in women's preferences for male facial masculinity may reflect variation in attraction to immunocompetence or to maturity. This paper reports two studies on (a) the interrelationships between women's preferences for masculinity, apparent he... Read More about Facial masculinity is related to perceived age, but not perceived health.

Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces (2005)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Perrett, D., Little, A., Boothroyd, L., Cornwell, R., Feinberg, D., …Moore, F. (2005). Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 272(1561), 347-354. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2962

Previous studies demonstrating changes in women's face preferences have emphasized increased attraction to cues to possible indirect benefits (e.g. heritable immunity to infection) that coincides with periods of high fertility (e.g. the late follicul... Read More about Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces.