Publications by authors named "Zaneta Patkova"
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- Research indicates that male body odor influences women's mate selection and is linked to their sexual functioning.
- The study involved interviews with 20 single and 20 relationship women to explore how different types of a partner's odors, both natural and fragranced, impacted their intimate and sexual experiences.
- Findings show that partner odors can evoke a range of emotional responses and behavioral actions, with their perceptions often varying based on context, such as the situation and type of odor, highlighting the complexity of odor perception in relationships.
Several previous studies have shown that in mammals, the health status of conspecifics can be assessed based on perceptual cues. Olfactory, visual, or acoustic cues may lead to avoidant behavior, thus reducing the risk of contagion by close contact with infected individuals. We tested whether immune system activation after immunization leads to perceptible changes in body odor and facial and vocal attractiveness in humans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious research has indicated that facial attractiveness may provide cues to the functioning of the immune system. Mating with individuals who have a more effective immune system could lead to a higher reproductive success. Our main aim was to test a possible association between immunoreactivity (stimulated by vaccination) and perceived facial attractiveness and healthiness.
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