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View article: The role of fragrance and self-esteem in perception of body odors and impressions of others
The role of fragrance and self-esteem in perception of body odors and impressions of others Open
Human sweat odor serves as social communication signal for a person’s traits and emotional states. This study explored whether body odors can also communicate information about one’s self-esteem, and the role of applied fragrance in this r…
View article: The role of fragrance and self-esteem in perception of body odors and impressions of others
The role of fragrance and self-esteem in perception of body odors and impressions of others Open
Human sweat odor serves as social communication signal for a person's traits and emotional states. This study explored whether body odors can also communicate information about one's self-esteem, and the role of applied fragrance in this r…
View article: Sustainable by Design: Choice Architecture and the Carbon Footprint of Grocery Shopping
Sustainable by Design: Choice Architecture and the Carbon Footprint of Grocery Shopping Open
The increase in global temperatures requires substantial reductions in the greenhouse emissions from consumer choices. The authors use an experimental incentive-compatible online supermarket to analyze the effect of a carbon-based choice a…
View article: Chemical Fingerprints of Emotional Body Odor
Chemical Fingerprints of Emotional Body Odor Open
Chemical communication is common among animals. In humans, the chemical basis of social communication has remained a black box, despite psychological and neural research showing distinctive physiological, behavioral, and neural consequence…
View article: Beyond the west: Chemosignaling of emotions transcends ethno-cultural boundaries
Beyond the west: Chemosignaling of emotions transcends ethno-cultural boundaries Open
Accumulating evidence has pointed to a human capacity to communicate emotions to others via sweat. So far, these studies have relied exclusively on Western Caucasian samples. Our aim was to test whether the chemosensory communication of em…