Ethnic influences on the perceptual properties of human chemosignals.
Bias
Body odors
Ethnicity
Ingroup
Olfaction
Outgroup
Journal
Physiology & behavior
ISSN: 1873-507X
Titre abrégé: Physiol Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0151504
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 10 2019
15 10 2019
Historique:
received:
17
11
2018
revised:
03
05
2019
accepted:
07
05
2019
pubmed:
28
5
2019
medline:
22
9
2020
entrez:
28
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Individuals of African and Caucasian descent show different chemical signatures in their body odors (BO). Does such biological difference have a perceptual correlate? We tested BO donors and raters of Afro-Portuguese (AP) and Caucasian (C) descent to investigate whether olfactory ratings reveal an ethnic bias and whether olfactory ethnic discrimination is possible. C (vs. AP) women rated the C BO as more pleasant, even when controlling for intensity. The C BO labelled as AP was rated as more intense by C raters. Although discriminability of ethnicity and sex is at chance, a nominal advantage for AP vs. C BO emerges.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31130295
pii: S0031-9384(18)31040-0
doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.05.005
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
112544Informations de copyright
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