Optimal Waist-to-Hip Ratios in Women Activate Neural Reward Centers in Men

Steven M. Platek; Devendra Singh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009042

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Optimal Waist-to-Hip Ratios in Women Activate Neural Reward Centers in Men

Steven M. Platek ,

* E-mail: splatek@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States of America
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Devendra Singh

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Optimal Waist-to-Hip Ratios in Women Activate Neural Reward Centers in Men

Steven M. Platek,
Devendra Singh

Published: February 5, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009042

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Addendum published

Posted by MattJHodgkinson on 15 Nov 2011 at 11:05 GMT

An "addendum" to this article was published, see Kristen Rae Spicer and Steven M. Platek: Curvaceous female bodies activate neural reward centers in men. Communicative & Integrative Biology May/June 2010, 3(3):282-283 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161...
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Competing interests declared: I am an Associate Editor for PLoS ONE

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