Vegetarianism, the practice of abstaining from eating meat, has a recorded history dating
back to ancient Greece. Despite this, it is only in recent years that researchers have begun …

Social signals can serve as potent emotional triggers with powerful impacts on processes
from cognition to valence processing. How are social signals dynamically and flexibly …

Odors emitted by human skin are of great interest to biologists in many fields; applications
range from forensic studies to diagnostic tools, the design of perfumes and deodorants, and …

Evidence from several studies suggests that the growing demand for meat consumption has
negative effects on the sustainability of the environment and the health and psychological …

The terms 'vegansexuality'and 'vegansexuals' entered popular discourse following
substantial media interest in a New Zealand-based academic study on ethical consumption …

Our natural body odor goes through several stages of age-dependent changes in chemical
composition as we grow older. Similar changes have been reported for several animal …

Body odors serve as signals of kinship, with parents exhibiting a preference for the scent of
their infants, and vice versa. The reciprocal perception of body odors can promote bonding …

Brain development in mammals has been proposed to be promoted by successful
adaptations to the social complexity as well as to the social and non-social chemical …

Body odor sampling is an essential tool in human chemical ecology research. However,
methodologies of individual studies vary widely in terms of sampling material, length of …

In recent decades, there has been an explosion of research into the crossmodal influence of
olfactory cues on multisensory person perception. Numerous peer-reviewed studies have …