Body odor quality predicts behavioral attractiveness in humans

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11240%2F11%3A10118803" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11240/11:10118803 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~scr/pdf/2011_Roberts_ASEB.pdf" target="_blank" >http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~scr/pdf/2011_Roberts_ASEB.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9803-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10508-011-9803-8</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Body odor quality predicts behavioral attractiveness in humans

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Growing effort is being made to understand how different attractive physical traits co-vary within individuals, partly because this might indicate an underlying index of genetic quality. In humans, attention has focused on potential markers of quality such as facial attractiveness, axillary odor quality, the second-to-fourth digit (2D:4D) ratio and body mass index (BMI). Here we extend this approach to include visually-assessed kinesic cues (nonverbal behavior linked to movement) which are statisticallyindependent of structural physical traits. The utility of such kinesic cues in mate assessment is controversial, particularly during everyday conversational contexts, as they could be unreliable and susceptible to deception. However, we show here that the attractiveness of nonverbal behavior, in 20 male participants, is predicted by perceived quality of their axillary body odor. This finding indicates covariation between two desirable traits in different sensory modalities. Depending on

Název v anglickém jazyce

Body odor quality predicts behavioral attractiveness in humans

Popis výsledku anglicky

Growing effort is being made to understand how different attractive physical traits co-vary within individuals, partly because this might indicate an underlying index of genetic quality. In humans, attention has focused on potential markers of quality such as facial attractiveness, axillary odor quality, the second-to-fourth digit (2D:4D) ratio and body mass index (BMI). Here we extend this approach to include visually-assessed kinesic cues (nonverbal behavior linked to movement) which are statisticallyindependent of structural physical traits. The utility of such kinesic cues in mate assessment is controversial, particularly during everyday conversational contexts, as they could be unreliable and susceptible to deception. However, we show here that the attractiveness of nonverbal behavior, in 20 male participants, is predicted by perceived quality of their axillary body odor. This finding indicates covariation between two desirable traits in different sensory modalities. Depending on

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AN - Psychologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA406%2F09%2F0647" target="_blank" >GA406/09/0647: Možná spojitost mezi zdravotním stavem, fyzickou kondicí a atraktivitou v mezikulturní perspektivě</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2011

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Archives of Sexual Behavior

ISSN

0004-0002

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

40

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

1111-1117

Kód UT WoS článku

000296731000011

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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