Objective and MethodsThis review focuses on comparative data in nonhuman primates and humans in relation to signaling secondary sex characteristics (SSC), sexual behavior, and neurophysiology of sexuality during the female cycle.ResultsIn monkeys and apes no clear distinction can be drawn between sex as a reproductive, social, or a pleasurable activity. Although female sexual behavior is not limited to a specific phase of the menstrual cycle, changes in body morphology and in behavior and psychology (for example, in feeding, risk taking, and mood) can occur across the cycle. In human and nonhuman primates, homologous biological mechanisms including specific areas of the brain, sex steroids, and receptors are involved in regulating female sexuality. Important aspects of this regulation include the interaction between the subcortical reward system and the social brain network and its projection to the prefrontal cortex. In humans, females advertise SSC permanently after the onset of puberty, but without significant changes across the cycle, whereas in other primate species, female sexual signaling can vary significantly across cycle stages and in fertile and non-fertile phases of the life cycle.ConclusionA great deal is now known about the regulation of female sexuality in primates and the use of sexual signals in terms of their variable expression and their information content for males. Human research has also elucidated the cultural mechanisms through which women communicate about their sexuality, including clothes and make-up. A full understanding of female sexuality in humans, therefore, requires knowledge of culture-biology interactions.

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性吸引力：妇女和非人类灵长类动物性信号的形态学，行为和神经生理方面的比较方法。

目的与方法这篇综述着重于非人类灵长类动物与人类在女性周期内有关继发性特征（SSC），性行为和性神经神经生理学方面的比较数据。结果在猴子和猿类中，性别之间没有明显的区别。生殖，社交或愉快的活动。尽管女性的性行为不限于月经周期的特定阶段，但在整个周期中，身体形态以及行为和心理（例如，进食，冒险和情绪）的变化都可能发生。在人类和非人类的灵长类动物中，包括大脑特定区域，性类固醇和受体在内的同源生物学机制参与调节女性的性行为。该法规的重要方面包括皮层下奖励系统和社交脑网络之间的相互作用以及其对额叶前皮层的投射。在人类中，雌性在青春期开始后就永久性地宣传SSC，但在整个周期中没有显着变化，而在其他灵长类动物中，雌性性信号在整个生命周期的各个阶段以及可育和非可育阶段都可能发生显着变化。现在，关于灵长类中女性性行为的调节以及性信号在男性的可变表达方式和信息含量方面的使用已广为人知。人体研究还阐明了文化机制，妇女可以通过这种文化机制来交流有关其性的信息，包括衣服和化妆品。因此，对人类中女性的性行为有充分的了解，