The impact of artificial fragrances on the assessment of mate quality cues in body odor

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.05.001" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.05.001</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.05.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.05.001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The impact of artificial fragrances on the assessment of mate quality cues in body odor

Original language description

Cultural practices may either enhance or interfere with evolved preferences as predicted by culture gene coevolution theory. Here, we investigated the impact of artificial fragrances on the assessment of biologically relevant information in human body odor. To do this, we examined cross-sensory consistency (across faces and odors) in the perception of masculinity and femininity in men and women, and how consistency is influenced by the use of artificial fragrance. Independent sets of same and opposite-sex participants rated odor samples (with and without a fragrance, n = 239 raters), and photographs (n = 130) of 20 men and 20 women. In female, but not male raters, judgments of masculinity/femininity of non-fragranced odor and faces were correlated. However, the correlation between female ratings of male facial and odor masculinity was not evident when assessing a fragranced body odor. Further analysis also indicated that differences in ratings of male odor masculinity between men with high and low levels of facial masculinity were not present in fragranced body odor samples. This effect was absent in ratings of female odors by both female and male raters, suggesting sex-specificity in the effects of fragrance on odor perception. Our findings suggest that women may be more attentive to these odor cues, and therefore also to disruption of this information through fragrance use. Our results show that cultural practices might both enhance and interfere with evolved preferences. Crown

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-02290S" target="_blank" >GA14-02290S: The role of trigeminal perception in formation of olfactory preferences</a><br>

Continuities

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

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Evolution and Human Behavior

ISSN

1090-5138

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

37

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

481-489

UT code for WoS article

000386194600007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84976474295