Further Evidence for the Effect of Scent on Human Behavior
Men can also influence menstrual cycle; they act to regularize it (Freedman, 1993)
Russell (1976) had subjects wear undershirts for 24 hours without showering or using deodorant or perfume
Undershirts sealed in a bag and given to experimenters
Presented each subject with three undershirts to smell
- Own shirt, male’s shirt, and female’s shirt
75% of subjects could identify their own shirt and which of the other two shirts had been worn by the male and female
Similar reports for breath odors (Doy et al., 1982)
Babies can identify sweat of their mother (Cernoch & Porter, 1985)
Little evidence as pheromones as a sexual attractant in humans, unlike other mammals (Engen, 1982)