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Body Odor Trait Disgust Sensitivity Predicts Perception of Sweat Biosamples
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Personality, Social and Developmental Psychology. Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6708-1253
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Perception and psychophysics. Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0856-0569
Number of Authors: 42017 (English)In: Chemical Senses, ISSN 0379-864X, E-ISSN 1464-3553, Vol. 42, no 6, p. 479-485Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Body odors are potent triggers of disgust and regulate social behaviors in many species. The role of olfaction in disgust-associated behaviors has received scant attention in the research literature, in part because olfactory disgust assessments have required laboratory testing with odors. We have devised the Body Odor Disgust Scale (BODS) to facilitate research on olfactory disgust. In this study, we evaluated whether individual differences in BODS scores would be associated with the perception of disgust for sweat samples in a laboratory setting. Results show that BODS was a strong predictor of disgust ratings of sweat samples even when controlling for general disgust sensitivity. In contrast, odor intensity ratings were unrelated to BODS scores. Our findings suggest that the BODS scores reflect body odor disgust perception. The BODS scale might facilitate research on olfactory disgust responses and associated behaviors.

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2017. Vol. 42, no 6, p. 479-485
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body odors, disgust sensitivity, disgust, olfaction, sweat samples
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-145316DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjx026ISI: 000404614800005PubMedID: 28486665OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-145316DiVA, id: diva2:1128416
Available from: 2017-07-25 Created: 2017-07-25 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved

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