Age and pubertal status-related changes in reports of perception of personal odors

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11240/17:10329995 RIV/00216208:11310/17:10329995

Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0301006616686096" target="_blank" >10.1177/0301006616686096</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Age and pubertal status-related changes in reports of perception of personal odors

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

As previously suggested, preferences for kin body odor might undergo an adaptive change over the course of puberty in order to avoid potential inbreeding, resulting in aversion to body odor of the opposite-gender kin as individuals mature sexually. However, studies based on mutual body odor aversion are rather inconclusive. We therefore investigated whether children’s reports of individuals smelling good or bad differed as a function of age and pubertal status. We asked 219 children (94 male) aged 10 to 15 years to assess their pubertal development using a standardized measure and to name individuals they thought smelled good or bad. Results of the present study show that the older the girls were, the more likely they were to name males than females among nice-smelling people. Further, in both girls and boys alike, children with higher puberty scores were more likely to name children than adults. Neither in girls nor in boys did we observe any concurrent effect of age or pubertal status on children’s reports of persons thought to smell bad. Irrespective of whether these changes are driven by age itself or age-related phenomena, these results suggest a shift toward a more general positive attitude to peers rather than active kin avoidance.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Age and pubertal status-related changes in reports of perception of personal odors

Popis výsledku anglicky

As previously suggested, preferences for kin body odor might undergo an adaptive change over the course of puberty in order to avoid potential inbreeding, resulting in aversion to body odor of the opposite-gender kin as individuals mature sexually. However, studies based on mutual body odor aversion are rather inconclusive. We therefore investigated whether children’s reports of individuals smelling good or bad differed as a function of age and pubertal status. We asked 219 children (94 male) aged 10 to 15 years to assess their pubertal development using a standardized measure and to name individuals they thought smelled good or bad. Results of the present study show that the older the girls were, the more likely they were to name males than females among nice-smelling people. Further, in both girls and boys alike, children with higher puberty scores were more likely to name children than adults. Neither in girls nor in boys did we observe any concurrent effect of age or pubertal status on children’s reports of persons thought to smell bad. Irrespective of whether these changes are driven by age itself or age-related phenomena, these results suggest a shift toward a more general positive attitude to peers rather than active kin avoidance.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50103 - Cognitive sciences

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Perception

ISSN

0301-0066

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

46

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3-4

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

484-497

Kód UT WoS článku

000397168400018

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85018322134