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Question 1

What are the Main Results of the Study?

Answer 1

Revealed a significant main effect of odor pleasantness on participants’ facial attractiveness rating

Ps considered the faces as being significantly less attractive when presented with an unpleasant odor (body odor/rubber) compared to a pleasant odor (cologne/geranium) or the clean air

There was no significant difference b/w pleasant versus neutral air ratings

Question 2

What are the Extra findings of the Study?

Answer 2

Odor intensity scores revealed that the pleasant and unpleasant odors were perceived as more intense than the clean air

Odor intensity scores revealed no significant difference b/w the intensity of the pleasant odor & the unpleasant odor

Analysis of the odor familiarity data revealed that the 3 categories of odors were equally familiar to Ps