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Owen, Patricia Ruth, Olfactory Correlates of Induced
Affect. Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology), December,
1980, 92 pp., 10 tables, 4 illustrations, references, 105
titles.
That odors play a significant role in subhuman intra-
species communication is a generally accepted fact explained
in part by the production and reception of species specific
pheromones. Recently the effects of human produced odors on
human communication have received research attention, partic-
ularly in the communication of such biological phenomena as
menstruation onset and gender assignment. Again pheromones
have been posited as the explanatory mechanism. Whether a
pheromone-like odor cued process exists in the communication
of human emotions is unknown, though a number of anecdotal
accounts of odor-emotion interactions suggest that such may
be the case. It was the purpose of the present study to
investigate a possible odor-emotion interaction by determining
whether humans could differentially detect other humans' odor
collected under varying emotional conditions. Two black and
two white female donors underwent image induction procedures
of relaxation, anxiety, and sexual arousal. Cotton pads were
placed in the axiliary area of the donors for the purpose of
collecting the odorant, apocrine gland secretions. Though not
validated by chemical analysis, it was assumed that the odorant
was collected. The odorants were chemically preserved and later
evaluated by 16 naive white male judges as to the presence of
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