Authors:
Olsson, M. J., Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Mats.Olsson@psyk.uu.se
Lundstr?m, J. N., University of Lusofona, Lisbon, Portugal
Diamantopoulou, S., Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Esteves, F., Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Address:
Olsson, M. J., Department of Psychology, Uppsala University Box 1225, SE-751 42, Uppsala, Sweden, Mats.Olsson@psyk.uu.se
Source:
European Review of Applied Psychology/Revue Europ?enne de Psychologie Appliqu?e, Vol 56(4), Dec, 2006. pp. 279-284.
Page Count:
6
Publisher:
Netherlands: Elsevier Science.
Other Journal Titles:
Revue de Psychologie Appliqu?e
ISSN:
1162-9088 (Print)
Language:
English
Keywords:
female pheromone, estratetraenol, heterosexual men, mood, social context
Abstract:
Pheromones play a significant role in social interaction and communication in many vertebrates and invertebrates. Although a well-established phenomenon in the animal world, the existence of human pheromones is controversial. The most common observation supporting the notion of pheromones in humans is that exposure to putative pheromones can influence mood in participants. Recently, the concept of modulatory pheromones has been introduced, suggesting that effects of pheromone exposure in humans depend on the context. In the current experiment, we tested whether the mood of heterosexual men is affected by exposure of a putative female pheromone, estratetraenol. We also investigated if this influence would differ depending on whether a male or a female heterosexual experimenter was interacting with the participants. ANOVAs were performed on aggregated mood scales resulting from factor analysis. The results were that exposure to estratetraenol compared to a perceptually identical control substance enhanced positive mood. Moreover, negative mood was differently affected depending on whether a male or a female experimenter conducted the test. Altogether this study suggests that a putative female pheromone can modulate mood in men. Interestingly, the social context (male or female experimenter) seems to be of importance for how men react to exposure. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
Subjects:
*Emotional States; *Human Males; *Pheromones; *Social Interaction
Classification:
Social Psychology (3000)
Psychophysiology (2560)
Population:
Human (10)
Male (30)
Age Group:
Adulthood (18 yrs & older) (300)
Tests & Measures:
Visual Analogue Scale
Grant Sponsorship:
Sponsor: Swedish Council for Research in Social science and Humanities; Sweden
Grant: F0868
Recipients: No recipient indicated
Sponsor: Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation; Sweden
Grant: J2004-0828
Recipients: No recipient indicated
Methodology:
Empirical Study; Quantitative Study
Format Covered:
Electronic
Publication Type:
Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal
Document Type:
Journal Article
Release Date:
20070305
Digital Object Identifier:
10.1016/j.erap.2005.09.010
Accession Number:
2006-22084-008
Number of Citations in Source:
19
Database:
PsycINFO