Perinatal women dominantly protect—rather than submissively cede—resources when interacting with threatening‐looking others.

When competing for resources, people appear particularly sensitive to social cues of threat, tending to submissively cede resources to more (vs. less) threatening‐looking others. This tendency appears especially pronounced among those that are physically weaker and thus more vulnerable to harm. One...

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Published in:	British Journal of Psychology Vol. 117; no. 3; pp. 1106 - 1119
Main Authors:	Proietti, Valentina, Mastroianni, Ilenia, Silvestri, Valentina, Arioli, Martina, Macchi Cassia, Viola, Geniole, Shawn N.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Aug2026
Subjects:	Control (Psychology) Task performance Psychology of women White people Emotions Economic impact Social skills Experimental design Surveys Patient decision making Data analysis software Perinatal period Face perception Regression analysis Patient aftercare
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