Subthreshold amounts of social odorant affect mood, but not behavior, in heterosexual women when tested by a male, but not a female, experimenter

Biological Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Lundström, Johan N ^a   Olsson, Mats J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention; Attraction; Mood; Olfaction; Pheromones; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 4,16 DIEN 3 ONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANDROSTADIENES; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODORS; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 26844455774     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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