Androstadienone resulted in a rightward shift of women's preference for sexually dimorphic male faces across the continuum of femininity-masculinity

Niu, Caoyuan; Zheng, Lijun

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104635

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“…Androstenes were further proposed to be related to mate selection and sexual behavior (Gower and Ruparelia, 1993;Thornhill and Gangestad, 1999;Savic et al, 2001), for instance by modulating judgments of attractiveness in the face of potential mates (e.g., Saxton et al, 2008;Niu and Zheng, 2020). Supporting this view, a number of studies reported that exposure to androstenes increase perceived attractiveness in faces (i.e., androstadienone: Saxton et al, 2008;Ferdenzi et al, 2016;androstenol: Kirk-Smith et al, 1978;Filsinger et al, 1985).…”

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Olfaction in the Multisensory Processing of Faces: A Narrative Review of the Influence of Human Body Odors

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A recent body of research has emerged regarding the interactions between olfaction and other sensory channels to process social information. The current review examines the influence of body odors on face perception, a core component of human social cognition. First, we review studies reporting how body odors interact with the perception of invariant facial information (i.e., identity, sex, attractiveness, trustworthiness, and dominance). Although we mainly focus on the influence of body odors based on axillary odor, we also review findings about specific steroids present in axillary sweat (i.e., androstenone, androstenol, androstadienone, and estratetraenol). We next survey the literature showing body odor influences on the perception of transient face properties, notably in discussing the role of body odors in facilitating or hindering the perception of emotional facial expression, in relation to competing frameworks of emotions. Finally, we discuss the developmental origins of these olfaction-to-vision influences, as an emerging literature indicates that odor cues strongly influence face perception in infants. Body odors with a high social relevance such as the odor emanating from the mother have a widespread influence on various aspects of face perception in infancy, including categorization of faces among other objects, face scanning behavior, or facial expression perception. We conclude by suggesting that the weight of olfaction might be especially strong in infancy, shaping social perception, especially in slow-maturing senses such as vision, and that this early tutoring function of olfaction spans all developmental stages to disambiguate a complex social environment by conveying key information for social interactions until adulthood.

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Olfaction in the Multisensory Processing of Faces: A Narrative Review of the Influence of Human Body Odors

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“…Wyatt, 2020), researchers have reported numerous effects of androstadienone exposure on individuals. These include effects on positive mood (Jacob and McClintock, 2000), emotional processing (d 'Ettorre et al, 2018), assessment of body movement (Hornung et al, 2017;Niu and Zheng, 2020;Parma et al, 2012;Ye et al, 2019) and facial information (Hornung et al, 2017;Niu and Zheng, 2020;Parma et al, 2012;Ye et al, 2019) Zhou et al, 2014, as well as facial attractiveness judgements, such that presence of androstadienone led to higher attractiveness ratings (Saxton et al, 2008;Verhaeghe et al, 2013).…”

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Contextualising courtship: Exploring male body odour effects on vocal modulation

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Vásquez-Amézquita

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Behavioural Processes

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Voice characteristics are important to communicate socially relevant information. Recent research has shown that individuals alter their voices depending on the context of social interactions and perceived characteristics of the audience, and this affects how they are perceived.Numerous studies have also shown that the presence of bodily odours can elicit psychological changes in people. Here, we tested whether the presence of male axillary odour would influence vocal modulations in courtship contexts. We analysed differences in vocal parameters and attractiveness ratings across 950 recordings from 80 participants as they responded to oppositesex target stimuli. Using these, we tested whether men's and women's vocal parameters and perceived attractiveness differed in the presence or absence of the odour. We expected women to speak with increased voice F0, and men to lower their pitch, when exposed to male body odour, especially if it were of high quality. However, neither the presence of male odour, its quality, nor the addition of androstadienone produced any consistent changes in vocal parameters.Nevertheless, rated stimulus attractiveness was predicted by F0 and especially F0 variability, suggesting that this is a key parameter in signalling attraction during human courtship, and supporting the idea that vocal modulations are context-sensitive.

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Androstadienone influences women’s perception of happiness and anger on same-sex faces: Preliminary findings

Zheng

Niu

2022

Biological Psychology

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Androstadienone resulted in a rightward shift of women's preference for sexually dimorphic male faces across the continuum of femininity-masculinity

Cited by 5 publications

References 50 publications

Olfaction in the Multisensory Processing of Faces: A Narrative Review of the Influence of Human Body Odors

Olfaction in the Multisensory Processing of Faces: A Narrative Review of the Influence of Human Body Odors

Contextualising courtship: Exploring male body odour effects on vocal modulation

Androstadienone influences women’s perception of happiness and anger on same-sex faces: Preliminary findings

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