Interpersonal defensiveness and diminished perceptual acuity for the odor of a putative pheromone: Androstenone

Biological Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-413

  Kline, John P ^a   Schwartz, Gary E ^b   Dikman, Ziya V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Marin County   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Defensiveness; Eysenck personality questionnaire; Olfaction; Perception; Personality; Pheromones; Repressors

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ISOPENTYL ACETATE; PHEROMONE; SILICON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SNIFFING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROSTENES; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PENTANOLS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; REPRESSION; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846537451     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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