naa a22 4500 510774024 CHVBK 20180411083224.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12110-013-9176-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12110-013-9176-x Menstrual Cycle Effects on Attitudes toward Romantic Kissing [Elektronische Daten] [Rafael Wlodarski, Robin Dunbar] Hormonal changes associated with the human menstrual cycle have been previously found to affect female mate preference, whereby women in the late follicular phase of their cycle (i.e., at higher risk of conception) prefer males displaying putative signals of underlying genetic fitness. Past research also suggests that romantic kissing is utilized in human mating contexts to assess potential mating partners. The current study examined whether women in their late follicular cycle phase place greater value on kissing at times when it might help serve mate assessment functions. Using an international online questionnaire, results showed that women in the follicular phase of their menstrual cycle felt that kissing was more important at initial stages of a relationship than women in the luteal phase of their cycle. Furthermore, it was found that estimated progesterone levels were a significant negative predictor for these ratings. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Menstrual cycle nationallicence Romantic kissing nationallicence Mate assessment nationallicence Relationships nationallicence Wlodarski Rafael Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3UD, Oxford, UK aut Dunbar Robin Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3UD, Oxford, UK aut Human Nature Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/4(2013-12-01), 402-413 1045-6767 24:4<402 2013 24 12110 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-013-9176-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-013-9176-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wlodarski Rafael Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3UD, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dunbar Robin Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3UD, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Nature Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/4(2013-12-01), 402-413 1045-6767 24:4<402 2013 24 12110 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer