Olfactory Performance Is Predicted by Individual Sex-Atypicality, but Not Sexual Orientation

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11240/13:10144059 RIV/00216208:11620/13:10144059

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0080234" target="_blank" >http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0080234</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080234" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0080234</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Olfactory Performance Is Predicted by Individual Sex-Atypicality, but Not Sexual Orientation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Many previous studies have reported robust sex differences in olfactory perception. However, both men and women can be expected to vary in the degree to which they exhibit olfactory performance considered typical of their own or the opposite sex. Sex-atypicality is often described in terms of childhood gender nonconformity, which, however, is not a perfect correlate of non-heterosexual orientation. Here we explored intrasexual variability in psychophysical olfactory performance in a sample of 156 individuals (83 non-heterosexual) and found the lowest odor identification scores in heterosexual men. However, when childhood gender nonconformity was entered in the model along with sexual orientation, better odor identification scores were exhibited by gender-nonconforming men, and greater olfactory sensitivity by gender-conforming women, irrespective of their sexual orientation. Thus, sex-atypicality, but not sexual orientation predicts olfactory performance, and we propose that this might

Název v anglickém jazyce

Olfactory Performance Is Predicted by Individual Sex-Atypicality, but Not Sexual Orientation

Popis výsledku anglicky

Many previous studies have reported robust sex differences in olfactory perception. However, both men and women can be expected to vary in the degree to which they exhibit olfactory performance considered typical of their own or the opposite sex. Sex-atypicality is often described in terms of childhood gender nonconformity, which, however, is not a perfect correlate of non-heterosexual orientation. Here we explored intrasexual variability in psychophysical olfactory performance in a sample of 156 individuals (83 non-heterosexual) and found the lowest odor identification scores in heterosexual men. However, when childhood gender nonconformity was entered in the model along with sexual orientation, better odor identification scores were exhibited by gender-nonconforming men, and greater olfactory sensitivity by gender-conforming women, irrespective of their sexual orientation. Thus, sex-atypicality, but not sexual orientation predicts olfactory performance, and we propose that this might

Druh

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

CEP obor

AC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GP13-16959P" target="_blank" >GP13-16959P: Možná souvislost vztahové hierarchie a míry homogamie ve stejnopohlavních vztazích a partnerských preferencích (mezikulturní studie)</a><br>

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2013

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

PLoS ONE

ISSN

1932-6203

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

8

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

11

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000327162900069

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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