Human Body Odor Discrimination T-Shirt Experiment

Human Body Odor Discrimination T-Shirt Experiment [Pg.121]

Simple white T-shirt used in human odor discrimination test [Pg.121]

Miiller-Schwarze, Hands-On Chemical Ecology Simple Field and Laboratory Exercises 121 [Pg.121]

Can hnmans reliably identify gender and individnals by body odors The answer to this qnestion matters very mnch in a nnmber of contexts of social and sexnal behavior snch as parent-offspring bonding, mate choice, or nepotism. A classical experiment has examined the role of the axillary odor, the most powerfnl hnman scent. This odor is the resnlt of bacterial action on the secretion of the axillary glands. These skin glands are of the apocrine type which is a modified sweat gland that prodnces an aqneons secretion. [Pg.122]

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