Carrito Mariana L, Santos Isabel M, Alho Laura, Ferreira Jacqueline, Soares Sandra C, Bem-Haja Pedro, Silva Carlos F, Perrett David I
Department of Education and Psychology, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
Chem Senses. 2017 Mar 1;42(3):269-275. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjx004.
A recent study claimed face skin color as a sexually dimorphic variable that influences attractiveness preferences in mate choice. Thereby, skin color may assume the role of a mate quality signal influencing attractiveness preferences. As body odor is linked to attractiveness, this study aimed to explore whether the odors of men with more masculine facial skin color would be evaluated more positively than odors from less masculine men. Female raters were presented with body odors of 18 men and were asked to rate them in various characteristics. Multilevel modeling revealed that the odors of the donors with more masculine color were rated not only as more attractive, more pleasant, and sexier, but also healthier. This indicates that odor associated with men with more masculine skin color is attractive, just as other sexually dimorphic traits. Furthermore, we found a negative relation between skin color masculinity and perceived odor maleness. Regarding this last finding, a new discussion is introduced with respect to the influence of cognitive stereotypes in odor judgments. Altogether, the study supports the possibility that chemosensory signals may be communicating signs of mate quality associated with masculinity.
最近的一项研究称面部肤色是一种影响配偶选择中吸引力偏好的两性异形变量。因此，肤色可能充当影响吸引力偏好的配偶质量信号的角色。由于体臭与吸引力相关，本研究旨在探讨面部肤色更具男性化特征的男性的气味是否会比面部肤色男性化特征较弱的男性的气味得到更积极的评价。女性评分者闻了18名男性的体臭，并被要求对这些体臭的各种特征进行评分。多层次模型显示，面部肤色更具男性化特征的捐赠者的气味不仅被评为更具吸引力、更宜人、更性感，还更健康。这表明与面部肤色更具男性化特征的男性相关的气味具有吸引力，就像其他两性异形特征一样。此外，我们发现肤色的男性化程度与感知到的气味男性化程度之间存在负相关。关于这一最新发现，引入了关于认知刻板印象在气味判断中的影响的新讨论。总之，该研究支持了化学感应信号可能传达与男性气质相关的配偶质量信号的可能性。
