Disease, body odor, and red clothes. 05 Apr 2016




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Summary: <p>Are you sick of how you smell? We investigate the link between susceptibility to disease and attraction to the body odour of others and ourselves. Also, how do women choose to wear red clothes?</p><p><audio> </audio> </p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2016-04-05/pap-2016-04-05.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p><b>Rate me!</b><br> Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&amp;refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/sick-of-how-you-smell-43edc75f841c#.epw21g7di">Sick of How You Smell?</a><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/put-on-that-red-dress-b69d1102351d#.rgggqomt6">Put on That Red Dress?</a><br> </p><p><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hZ_D0AMQkFE/VwJgDotvFQI/AAAAAAAABpg/IW0iKPIywSMtY1PeVTAguhSVzagUVyliQ/s1600/3354050731_0a37ca8028_o%2B%25281%2529.jpg"></p><p><i>Our natural perfume can attract, or repel, potential mates: and sometimes ourselves! <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wackystuff/3354050731">wackystuff/Flickr</a></i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Muggleton, N. K., &amp; Fincher, C. L. (in press). The effects of disease vulnerability on preferences for self-similar scent. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolutionary Psychological Science</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40806-016-0043-y">Read paper</a></p><p>Niesta Kayser, D., Agthe, M., &amp; Maner, J. K. (2016). Strategic sexual signals: Women's display versus avoidance of the color red depends on the attractiveness of an anticipated interaction partner. <span style="font-style: italic;">PLoS One, 11</span>(3), e0148501. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148501">Read paper</a></p>