Wellesley effect

English

Etymology

Observed at Wellesley College.

Proper noun

Wellesley effect

1. Synonym of McClintock effect
   • 2017, Robert Sapolsky, Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:

     Similar, if milder, versions of the same are reported in some (but not all) studies of humans, ranging from the Wellesley effect, discussed in the introduction, to heterosexual women preferring the smell of high-testosterone men.