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| Title |
Dressed for Sex: Red as a Female Sexual Signal in Humans
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0034607 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andrew J. Elliot, Adam D. Pazda |
| Abstract |
In many non-human primate species, a display of red by a female serves as a sexual signal to attract male conspecifics. Red is associated with sex and romance in humans, and women convey their sexual interest to men through a variety of verbal, postural, and behavioral means. In the present research, we investigate whether female red ornamentation in non-human primates has a human analog, whereby women use a behavioral display of red to signal their sexual interest to men. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 164 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 15% |
| Thailand | 10 | 6% |
| Canada | 6 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| Comoros | 3 | 2% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 13 | 8% |
| Unknown | 97 | 59% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 152 | 93% |
| Scientists | 6 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 122 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 108 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 22% |
| Researcher | 19 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 18% |
| Unknown | 12 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 54 | 44% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 25 | 20% |
| Unknown | 16 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 172. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 March 2024.
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#244,054
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#3,530
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#975
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#52
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