Chemosensory communication of gender information: Masculinity bias in body odor perception and femininity bias introduced by chemosignals during social perception

Human body odor is a source of important social information. In this study, we explore whether the sex of an individual can be established based on smelling axillary odor and whether exposure to male and female odors biases chemosensory and social perception. In a double-blind, pseudo-randomized app...

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Main Authors: Smiljana eMutic, Eileen Maresa Moellers, Martin eWiesmann, Jessica eFreiherr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01980/full