Andrew Huberman· PhD
And women preferred more symmetrical men when they were doing the preference test during the pre-ovulatory phase of their cycle.
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And women preferred more symmetrical men when they were doing the preference test during the pre-ovulatory phase of their cycle.
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And what they find is that men will rate the odors of women as most attractive if those women wore those shirts, that clothing, in the pre-ovulatory phase of their cycle, okay?
such that women who are in the pre-ovulatory phase of their menstrual cycle will rate men's odors as more attractive than at other stages of their cycle.