TY - JOUR
T1 - Smelling human sex hormone-like compounds affects face gender judgment of men
AU - Kovács, Gyula
AU - Gulyás, Balázs
AU - Savic, Ivanka
AU - Perrett, David I.
AU - Cornwell, R. Elisabeth
AU - Little, Anthony C.
AU - Jones, Ben C.
AU - Burt, D. Michael
AU - Gál, Viktor
AU - Vidnyánszky, Zoltán
PY - 2004/6/7
Y1 - 2004/6/7
N2 - Although strong cross-sensory interactions between visual, tactile and auditory modalities have already been shown, we know little about how chemosensory information affects processing in other sensory modalities. We studied whether smelling gender-specific odorous sex hormone-like steroids: 5-α-androgenst-16-en-3-one (androgen) or oestra-1, 3, 5 (10), 16-tetraen-3-ol (estrogen) can bias face gender discrimination. We found that, as a result of inhalation of androgen, men perceive faces to be more masculine as compared to when they are exposed to estrogen. Our results provide evidence for specific cross-sensory effects of the gender-specific chemosensory cues on the categorization of visual face gender.
AB - Although strong cross-sensory interactions between visual, tactile and auditory modalities have already been shown, we know little about how chemosensory information affects processing in other sensory modalities. We studied whether smelling gender-specific odorous sex hormone-like steroids: 5-α-androgenst-16-en-3-one (androgen) or oestra-1, 3, 5 (10), 16-tetraen-3-ol (estrogen) can bias face gender discrimination. We found that, as a result of inhalation of androgen, men perceive faces to be more masculine as compared to when they are exposed to estrogen. Our results provide evidence for specific cross-sensory effects of the gender-specific chemosensory cues on the categorization of visual face gender.
KW - cross-modal interaction
KW - face gender discrimination
KW - pheromones
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U2 - 10.1097/01.wnr.0000130234.51411.0e
DO - 10.1097/01.wnr.0000130234.51411.0e
M3 - Article
C2 - 15167548
AN - SCOPUS:2942532534
VL - 15
SP - 1275
EP - 1277
JO - NeuroReport
JF - NeuroReport
SN - 0959-4965
IS - 8
ER -