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Disease, body odor, and red clothes. 05 Apr 2016
Disease, body odor, and red clothes. 05 Apr 2016
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Apr 5, 2016
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Are you sick of how you smell? We investigate the link between susceptibility to disease and attraction to the body odour of others and ourselves. Also, how do women choose to wear red clothes? Download the MP3 Rate me!
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Sick of How You Smell?
Put on That Red Dress?
Our natural perfume can attract, or repel, potential mates: and sometimes ourselves! wackystuff/FlickrThe articles covered in the show: Muggleton, N. K., & Fincher, C. L. (in press). The effects of disease vulnerability on preferences for self-similar scent. Evolutionary Psychological Science. Read paperNiesta Kayser, D., Agthe, M., & Maner, J. K. (2016). Strategic sexual signals: Women's display versus avoidance of the color red depends on the attractiveness of an anticipated interaction partner. PLoS One, 11(3), e0148501. Read paper
Rate, review, or listen in iTunes or in Stitcher. Read the transcript!
Sick of How You Smell?
Put on That Red Dress?
Our natural perfume can attract, or repel, potential mates: and sometimes ourselves! wackystuff/FlickrThe articles covered in the show: Muggleton, N. K., & Fincher, C. L. (in press). The effects of disease vulnerability on preferences for self-similar scent. Evolutionary Psychological Science. Read paperNiesta Kayser, D., Agthe, M., & Maner, J. K. (2016). Strategic sexual signals: Women's display versus avoidance of the color red depends on the attractiveness of an anticipated interaction partner. PLoS One, 11(3), e0148501. Read paper
Released:
Apr 5, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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