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Human body odour composites are not more attractive than the individual samples

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F18%3A43919710" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/18:43919710 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2041669518766367" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2041669518766367</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669518766367" target="_blank" >10.1177/2041669518766367</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Human body odour composites are not more attractive than the individual samples

  • Original language description

    It is well established that composite facial images are perceived as more attractive compared with individual images, suggesting a preference for heterozygosity. Similarly, there is evidence that preferences for body odours might be linked to heterozygosity. Here, we tested whether blending individual body odours into composites would follow a similar pattern as observed in the perception of faces. We collected axillary odour samples from 38 individuals, which were subsequently assessed individually and as composites of two (N¼19) or four (N¼9) body odours regarding their pleasantness, attractiveness and intensity. We found no significant differences between mean ratings of individual odour samples or composites of two or four odour samples. Our results indicate that, in contrast to faces, composite body odours are not rated as more attractive. Composite body odours retain similar hedonic perceptual qualities as individual odours, thus highlighting differences in visual and chemosensory perceptual mechanisms

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Result continuities

  • Project

    <a href="/en/project/LO1611" target="_blank" >LO1611: Sustainability for The National Institute of Mental Health</a><br>

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    i-Perception

  • ISSN

    2041-6695

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    9

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    3

  • Country of publishing house

    US - UNITED STATES

  • Number of pages

    15

  • Pages from-to

    1-15

  • UT code for WoS article

    000432076200001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85049904560