Do Men Produce Higher Quality Ejaculates When Primed With Thoughts of Partner Infidelity?

Do Men Produce Higher Quality Ejaculates When Primed With Thoughts of Partner Infidelity?

Sperm competition theory can be used to generate the hypothesis that men alter the quality of their ejaculates as a function of sperm competition risk. Using a repeated measures experimental design, we investigated whether men produce a higher quality ejaculate when primed with cues to sperm competi...

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Main Authors:	Michael N. Pham, Nicole Barbaro, Andrew M. Holub, Christopher J. Holden, Justin K. Mogilski, Guilherme S. Lopes, Sylis C. A. Nicolas, Yael Sela, Todd K. Shackelford, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Lisa L. M. Welling
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2018-02-01
Series:	Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704918757551

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