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    Salience of emotional displays of danger and contagion in faces is enhanced when progesterone levels are raised.

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    Authors
    Conway, C.A.
    Jones, B.C.
    DeBruine, L.M.
    Welling, L.L.M.
    Law Smith, M.J.
    Perrett, D.I.
    Sharp, Martin A.
    Al-Dujaili, E.A.S.
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    2007
    
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    Findings from previous studies of hormone-mediated behavior in women suggest that raised progesterone level increases the probability of behaviors that will reduce the likelihood of disruption to fetal development during pregnancy (e.g. increased avoidance of sources of contagion). Here, we tested women's (N=52) sensitivity to potential cues to nearby sources of contagion (disgusted facial expressions with averted gaze) and nearby physical threat (fearful facial expressions with averted gaze) at two points in the menstrual cycle differing in progesterone level. Women demonstrated a greater tendency to perceive fearful and disgusted expressions with averted gaze as more intense than those with direct gaze when their progesterone level was relatively high. By contrast, change in progesterone level was not associated with any change in perceptions of happy expressions with direct and averted gaze, indicating that our findings for disgusted and fearful expressions were not due to a general response bias. Collectively, our findings suggest women are more sensitive to facial cues signalling nearby contagion and physical threat when raised progesterone level prepares the body for pregnancy.
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    Hormones and Behavior, 51(2): 202-206
    Publisher
    Elsevier Science Direct
    Journal
    Hormones and Behavior
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/2436/29500
    DOI
    10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.002
    PubMed ID
    17150220
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    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WGC-4MH2C47-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5cfcd6f046add7a8045936dfe611abe2
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    Journal article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0018-506X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.002
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