Sentences with phrase «between body odors»

The experiment was designed to explore whether the monkeys can discriminate between body odors of female group members and those of females from different social groups.

Related sites Abstract of the paper in Behavioral Ecology The relationship between body odor and sexual attraction

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Body odor emanates from a chemical reaction between bacteria on the skin and sweat, a secretion that itself is odorless.

The PVC tubes — which run between the subjects» chests, with outlets extending to pouches attached to their noses, armpits and genitals — allow the man and woman to inhale each other's body odor through a wall that divides them.

Women tended to prefer the odors of men without similar MHC genes, suggesting not only a link between the MHC group of genes and body odor, but also our preference for MHC genes that differ from our own.

Here Dr. George Dodd, a renowned scientist, sniffs her body and details the unexpected connections between human odors and those found in animals, plants, perfumes and gourmet foods.

In use, linen doesn't absorb as much body oils or odors as cotton, so it can go longer between washings.

Scientists believe that disgust evolved as a defensive mechanism to keep us from being contaminated by external sources.1 Accordingly, the mouth and the vagina, two body parts that lie at the border of the body (and are therefore at a higher risk for contamination), demonstrate greater disgust sensitivity; for example, we are likely to be especially grossed out by having a spider crawling on / around the mouth or vagina compared to, say, the left arm.2 Add to this the finding that some of the strongest triggers for disgust are body odor, saliva, semen, and sweat, all heavily involved when getting «down and dirty,» and you can see how the relation between sex and disgust seems contradictory or even obstructive.