CHEMOCOMMUNICATION AT HUMANS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR FUNCTIONAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL STATE ON THE BASIS OF VOLATILE METABOLISM PRODUCTS
Abstract
Subjective estimation of intensity and attractivity of the odor of sweat collected in axillary pits on filter paper is investigatedat 155 young males and 128 young females who were both donors and recipients of odor samples. The role of odor signals in humans’ nonverbal communications is detected. The implactof various factors, bound to psychophysiological and immuno-endocrine characteristics of odor signals donors and recipients, their genetic characteristics, and the state of their health, including sexually-transmitted infections and psychoemotional stress,on the variability ofthe subjective estimation of people’s odors attractivity is investigated. After studying the relations between odor attractivity and HLA genotypes of of donors and recipients, the impact of that genetical factor on selecting of dating pairs in a population is analyzed.
About the Authors
N. A. Litvinova
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Nadezhda A. Litvinova – Doctor of Biology, Professor at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
Russian Federation
Nadezhda A. Litvinova – Doctor of Biology, Professor at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
A. V. Bedareva
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Alena V. Bedareva – Candidate of Biology, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
Russian Federation
Alena V. Bedareva – Candidate of Biology, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
O. V. Bulatova
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Olga V. Bulatova – Candidate of Biology, AssistantProfessorat the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
Russian Federation
Olga V. Bulatova – Candidate of Biology, AssistantProfessorat the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
K. Yu. Zubrikova
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Ksenia Yu. Zubrikova – Master’s Degree student at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
Russian Federation
Ksenia Yu. Zubrikova – Master’s Degree student at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
A. A. Mogilina
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Anna A. Mogilina – seniorlaboratorytechnicianat the Human Ethology Laboratory, Faculty of Biology
Russian Federation
Anna A. Mogilina – seniorlaboratorytechnicianat the Human Ethology Laboratory, Faculty of Biology
V. V. Traskovsky
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Vyacheslav V. Traskovsky – post-graduate student at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
Russian Federation
Vyacheslav V. Traskovsky – post-graduate student at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
Yu. Yu. Razorenova
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Yulia Yu. Razorenova – post-graduate student at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
Russian Federation
Yulia Yu. Razorenova – post-graduate student at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Valeology
A. V. Tsepokina
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Anna A. Tsepokina – 5th year student atthe Faculty of Biology
Russian Federation
Anna A. Tsepokina – 5th year student atthe Faculty of Biology
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Litvinova N.A., Bedareva A.V., Bulatova O.V., Zubrikova K.Yu., Mogilina A.A., Traskovsky V.V., Razorenova Yu.Yu., Tsepokina A.V. CHEMOCOMMUNICATION AT HUMANS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR FUNCTIONAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL STATE ON THE BASIS OF VOLATILE METABOLISM PRODUCTS. SibScript. 2013;(3-2):20-26. (In Russ.)
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