Handshaking and Hand-Smelling: On the Potential Role of Handshake Greeting in Human Olfactory Communication
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F23%3A10474502" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/23:10474502 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35159-4_14" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35159-4_14</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35159-4_14" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-031-35159-4_14</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Handshaking and Hand-Smelling: On the Potential Role of Handshake Greeting in Human Olfactory Communication
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
In many species, meetings between individuals are characterised by olfactory investigation. This enables individual discrimination and shapes subsequent social decisions. A recent study claimed that human handshake greetings have a similar role, suggesting that people often smell their hands after a handshake. Here we describe two studies that aimed to further test this idea. We observed differences in face-touching frequency following a handshake, apparently influenced by social context. In a public situation, during a graduation ceremony, rates of face-touching were low compared to a more private setting following a social interaction. In both contexts, however, face-touching was more frequent with the non-shaking (left) hand than the shaking (right) hand. In the private setting, nose touching was more common with the left hand. These results do not lend strong support to the idea that hand-smelling is a common form of olfactory assessment following a handshake greeting. In addition, perceptual tests suggest that individual discrimination of hand odour may be less effective than for axillary odour. However, we found that individual differences in hand odours do overlap with those in axillary odours, suggesting the potential for hand odour to contribute to individual assessment on those occasions when hands are smelled.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Handshaking and Hand-Smelling: On the Potential Role of Handshake Greeting in Human Olfactory Communication
Popis výsledku anglicky
In many species, meetings between individuals are characterised by olfactory investigation. This enables individual discrimination and shapes subsequent social decisions. A recent study claimed that human handshake greetings have a similar role, suggesting that people often smell their hands after a handshake. Here we describe two studies that aimed to further test this idea. We observed differences in face-touching frequency following a handshake, apparently influenced by social context. In a public situation, during a graduation ceremony, rates of face-touching were low compared to a more private setting following a social interaction. In both contexts, however, face-touching was more frequent with the non-shaking (left) hand than the shaking (right) hand. In the private setting, nose touching was more common with the left hand. These results do not lend strong support to the idea that hand-smelling is a common form of olfactory assessment following a handshake greeting. In addition, perceptual tests suggest that individual discrimination of hand odour may be less effective than for axillary odour. However, we found that individual differences in hand odours do overlap with those in axillary odours, suggesting the potential for hand odour to contribute to individual assessment on those occasions when hands are smelled.
Klasifikace
Druh
C - Kapitola v odborné knize
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA21-29772S" target="_blank" >GA21-29772S: Role vizuálních a čichových vodítek ve vnitropohlavní kompetici: psychologické a fyziologické koreláty</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2023
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název knihy nebo sborníku
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 15
ISBN
978-3-031-35158-7
Počet stran výsledku
13
Strana od-do
257-269
Počet stran knihy
516
Název nakladatele
Springer Nature
Místo vydání
Cham
Kód UT WoS kapitoly
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