Body odor attractiveness as a cue of impending ovulation in women: Evidence from a study using hormone-confirmed ovulation
Body odor attractiveness as a cue of impending ovulation in women: Evidence from a study using hormone-confirmed ovulation
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10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.11.005
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
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3.5
通讯作者：
Pillsworth, Elizabeth G.
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作者：
Gildersleeve, Kelly A.;Haselton, Martie G.;Pillsworth, Elizabeth G.
气味交流在许多非人类哺乳动物的交配行为中发挥着核心作用，但在人类交配研究中常常被忽视。然而，越来越多的证据表明，男性可能认为女性高生育力的体味（在排卵期附近收集）比低生育力的体味更具吸引力。本研究在方法上严格复制了这一发现，同时也检验了几个新问题。女性收集了两次自然体味样本，一次在排卵周期的低生育率日，一次在排卵周期的高生育率日。黄体生成素测试证实，女性在高生育力后的两天内经历了排卵。男人闻每个女人的高生育力和低生育力气味样本，并完成辨别和偏好任务。在高于机会水平的情况下，男性准确地区分了女性高生育力和低生育力的气味样本（61%），并选择女性高生育力的气味样本比低生育力的气味样本更具吸引力（56%）。男性还对每个气味样本的性感度、愉悦度和强度进行评分，并评估提供样本的女性的身体吸引力。多级建模显示，当高生育力和低生育力的气味样本更容易相互区分时，与低生育力的气味样本相比，高生育力的气味样本获得了更有利的评级。这项研究建立在越来越多的证据之上，表明男性会被女性即将排卵的暗示所吸引，并提出了一个有趣的问题：女性的循环激素是否会影响男性的吸引力和性行为行为。 (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. 保留所有权利。
Scent communication plays a central role in the mating behavior of many nonhuman mammals but has often been overlooked in the study of human mating. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that men may perceive women's high-fertility body scents (collected near ovulation) as more attractive than their low-fertility body scents. The present study provides a methodologically rigorous replication of this finding, while also examining several novel questions. Women collected samples of their natural body scent twice once on a low-fertility day and once on a high-fertility day of the ovulatory cycle. Tests of luteinizing hormone confirmed that women experienced ovulation within two days of their high-fertility session. Men smelled each woman's high- and low-fertility scent samples and completed discrimination and preference tasks. At above-chance levels, men accurately discriminated between women's high- and low-fertility scent samples (61%) and chose women's high-fertility scent samples as more attractive than their low-fertility scent samples (56%). Men also rated each scent sample on sexiness, pleasantness, and intensity, and estimated the physical attractiveness of the woman who had provided the sample. Multilevel modeling revealed that, when high- and low-fertility scent samples were easier to discriminate from each other, high-fertility scent samples received even more favorable ratings compared with low-fertility scent samples. This study builds on a growing body of evidence indicating that men are attracted to cues of impending ovulation in women and raises the intriguing question of whether women's cycling hormones influence men's attraction and sexual approach behavior. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.