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Effects of

putative male pheromones on female ratings of male attractiveness: influence of oral contraceptives and the

menstrual cycle.

Thorne F, Neave N, Scholey A, Moss M, Fink B.

Human Cognitive Neuroscience Unit,

Division of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Previous research has revealed that

natural and synthetic pheromones can enhance ratings of opposite sex attractiveness. The present study investigated

the effects of exposure to male axillary secretions on female ratings of the sexual attractiveness of male stimuli.

Thirty-two female undergraduates, half of whom were contraceptive pill users, rated male vignette characters and

photographs of male faces on aspects of attractiveness. On two separate study days, corresponding to different

phases of their menstrual cycle, stimuli were presented while exposed to male axillary pheromones and under a

control condition (no pheromone). The order of testing was balanced with respect to pheromone/control condition and

menstrual cycle phase. Pheromone exposure resulted in significantly higher attractiveness ratings of vignette

characters and faces. Use of the contraceptive pill or menstrual cycle phase had equivocal effects on some vignette

items and neither had any influence on female ratings of male facial attractiveness. The results of this study

suggest that exposure to natural male axillary pheromones can significantly enhance female perceptions of various

aspects of male attractiveness.
...for all the college people in the crowd

It's a

small sample group but the results are significant.

Bobby