Excerpt from the journal article preprint (i.e., proof copy).
Martie G. Haselton et al., Ovulatory
shifts in human female ornamentation: Near ovulation, women dress to impress, Hormones and Behavior (2006),
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.07.007
"...our results appear to provide strong objective evidence of changes in
women's overt, observable behaviors associated with ovulation. In contrast to subtle changes in facial
appearance... and body scents... variation in women's selfgrooming and ornamentation behaviors are perhaps the
most readily available cues to ovulation and associated shifts in female motivation available to male partners. They
may therefore be responsible, in part, for changes in relationship dynamics across the cycle, such as ovulatory
increases in men's mate retention efforts.... The ornamentation effect is one of the most striking pieces of
evidence that ovulation in humans is not fully concealed."
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