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Question 1

Aim:

Answer 1

To investigate the effect of the hormones AND and EST on homosexual men and women, and hetrosexual men and women

Question 2

Participants

Answer 2

-24 heterosexual men, 24 homosexual men, 24 hetero sexual females, 24 homosexual females

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

-All participants were exposed to a stick figure walking with human motion and asked to identify its sexuality
-Over 3 days they were trialed 3 times, either exposed to AND or EST mixed with cloves, and a control group which was just exposed to cloves

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

-When exposed to AND heterosexual females and homosexual males were both more biased to identify the stick figure as masculine when compared to the control group
-In contrast, when exposed to EST heterosexual males were more likely to pronounce the stick figure as more feminine.
-This provides evidence that the hormones AND and EST play a role in human sexual behaviour.