Beaton Alan A, Jones Lowri, Benton David, Richards Gareth
Department of Psychology, College of Human and Health Sciences, University of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales SA2 8PP, UK; Department of Psychology, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales SY23 3UX, UK.
Department of Psychology, College of Human and Health Sciences, University of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales SA2 8PP, UK.
Biol Psychol. 2022 Jan;167:108237. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108237. Epub 2021 Dec 2.
Androstenol has been reported to influence judgements of attractiveness and to affect participants' mood. In the present study, participants were asked to sniff androstenol or a control odour (pure ethanol) unilaterally with the left or right nostril. Subsequently, they rated the attractiveness of photographs of the opposite sex and their own feelings on four mood scales. Participants rated the photographs as significantly more attractive after sniffing androstenol compared with the control odour. This did not depend upon androstenol being perceived as pleasant. Androstenol made male participants feel more lively, and both male and female participants more sexy, when sniffed through the right compared with the left nostril. Participants rated themselves as more irritable and aggressive when exposed to androstenol through the left nostril. The findings are discussed in relation to the effects of arousal on attraction and in the context of current theories of hemispheric differences in emotion.
据报道，雄烯醇会影响对吸引力的判断，并影响参与者的情绪。在本研究中，参与者被要求用左鼻孔或右鼻孔单侧嗅闻雄烯醇或对照气味（纯乙醇）。随后，他们在四个情绪量表上对异性照片的吸引力和自己的感受进行评分。与对照气味相比，参与者嗅闻雄烯醇后对照片的吸引力评分显著更高。这并不取决于雄烯醇被认为是令人愉悦的。与通过左鼻孔嗅闻相比，通过右鼻孔嗅闻雄烯醇时，男性参与者感觉更有活力，男性和女性参与者都感觉更性感。当通过左鼻孔接触雄烯醇时，参与者对自己的易怒和攻击性评分更高。本文结合唤醒对吸引力的影响以及当前关于情绪半球差异的理论来讨论这些发现。
