Rapid mood change and human odors
Rapid mood change and human odors
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DOI：
10.1016/s0031-9384(99)00147-x
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发表时间：
1999-12-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Haviland-Jones, J
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作者：
Chen, D;Haviland-Jones, J
我们证明了空气中的化学物质对人类情绪的直接影响。我们收集了6组腋下气味，分别来自5名青春期前的女孩、5名青春期前的男孩、5名大学女生、5名大学男生、5名老年女性和5名老年男性。此外，我们从这些捐赠者的家中收集气味，使他们成为第七组气味。308名气味观察者将小女孩、小男孩、大学女生、大学男生、老年女性、老年男性和家庭的七组气味按照他们感知到的愉悦度、强度、男性气质、捐赠者的年龄以及其他特质进行排序。在另一项单独的任务中，同样的气味观察者对他们的抑郁、敌意和积极情绪进行了两次评估，一次是在他们闻到上述七组气味之一之前，一次是在闻到后几分钟。暴露在腋下气味中不到2分钟，导致气味观察者的非临床抑郁情绪发生显著、快速和微小的变化。情绪变化与观察者对气味质量的感知无关。被认为不愉快和强烈的气味与令人愉快的气味一样可能缓解抑郁情绪。(C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc.；版权所有。
We demonstrate an immediate effect of airborne chemicals on human moods. We collected six groups of underarm odors, respectively, from five prepubertal girls, five prepubertal boys, five college women, five college men, five older women, and five older men. In addition, we collected odors from homes of these donors, making them a seventh group of odor. Three hundred and eight odor observers ranked the seven groups of odors of little girls, little boys, college women, college men, older women, older men, and homes by their perceived pleasantness, intensity, perceived masculinity, and age of the donors, among other qualities. On a separate task, the same odor observers assessed their depressive, hostile, and positive moods twice, once before and once a few minutes after they sniffed one of the above seven groups of odors. Exposure to underarm odors for under 2 min led to significant, rapid, and small changes in the nonclinical depressive mood of the odor observers. The mood changes were independent of the observers' perceptions of odor qualities. Odors perceived as unpleasant and intense were as likely to relieve a depressive mood as were pleasant odors. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.