Steven Gangestad

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Steven Gangestad
Born
Steven Warren Gangestad
Education Stanford University
University of Minnesota
Known forResearch on concealed ovulation in humans
Scientific career
Fields Evolutionary psychology
Institutions University of New Mexico
Thesis On the etiology of individual differences in self-monitoring and expressive self-control: Testing the case of strong genetic influence (1986)

Steven Warren Gangestad is an American evolutionary psychologist who is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. [1] [2] With his University of New Mexico colleague Randy Thornhill, he has conducted considerable research pointing to the existence of concealed ovulation in humans. [3]

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References

  1. "Steven Gangestad". The University of New Mexico. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  2. Tybur, Joshua M. (2018). "Steven Gangestad". Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–2. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1980-1. ISBN   978-3-319-47829-6.
  3. King, Robert (2021). "Steve Gangestad". Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 7974–7976. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_38. ISBN   978-3-319-19649-7. S2CID   242314689.