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Copyright © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Brief report
Effects of reproductive state on olfactory sensitivity suggest odor specificity
Johan N. Lundströma (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#aff1), b (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#aff2), http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/entities/REcor.gif (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#cor1), http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/entities/REemail.gif (johan.lundstrom@psyk.uu.se), Martha K. McClintockb (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#aff2) and Mats J. Olssona (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#aff1)
aDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, SE-75142 Uppsala, Sweden
bInstitute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, 940 57th Street, 60637, IL, USA
Received 6 December 2004; accepted 1 July 2005. Available online 3 August 2005.
Abstract
Previous studies of reproductive state and olfactory sensitivity in women have not directly compared thresholds for social and environmental odors. Here, we used successive dilutions presented in a staircase protocol to determine olfactory thresholds for androstadienone, a social odor produced by men, and rose, an environmental odor signaling a source of micronutrients essential for successful implantation, prenatal development and maternal health. Fertile women were more sensitive to the social than the environmental odor, while women using oral contraceptives, a non-fertile hormonal state similar to early pregnancy, were more sensitive to the environmental odor. This preliminary study sets the stage for further work on the interaction between hormonal states and sensitivity to specific odors with reproductive significance. Keywords: Odor; Oral contraceptives;
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Copyright © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Brief report
Effects of reproductive state on olfactory sensitivity suggest odor specificity
Johan N. Lundströma (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#aff1), b (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#aff2), http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/entities/REcor.gif (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#cor1), http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/entities/REemail.gif (johan.lundstrom@psyk.uu.se), Martha K. McClintockb (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#aff2) and Mats J. Olssona (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4T-4GSTPMD-1&_user=126769&_handle=V-WA-A-W-VV-MsSWYWW-UUW-U-AAWCYADYDY-AAWBBEYZDY-WZDWWYYAZ-VV-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F03%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%234983%239999%2#aff1)
aDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, SE-75142 Uppsala, Sweden
bInstitute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, 940 57th Street, 60637, IL, USA
Received 6 December 2004; accepted 1 July 2005. Available online 3 August 2005.
Abstract
Previous studies of reproductive state and olfactory sensitivity in women have not directly compared thresholds for social and environmental odors. Here, we used successive dilutions presented in a staircase protocol to determine olfactory thresholds for androstadienone, a social odor produced by men, and rose, an environmental odor signaling a source of micronutrients essential for successful implantation, prenatal development and maternal health. Fertile women were more sensitive to the social than the environmental odor, while women using oral contraceptives, a non-fertile hormonal state similar to early pregnancy, were more sensitive to the environmental odor. This preliminary study sets the stage for further work on the interaction between hormonal states and sensitivity to specific odors with reproductive significance. Keywords: Odor; Oral contraceptives;