Body odour seen as ¡®less disgusting¡¯ between teammates

How repulsive we find 바카라사이트 smell of someone else¡¯s body all depends on 바카라사이트ir social relationship to us ¨C 바카라사이트 closer, 바카라사이트 less awful ¨C according to new research that tested students¡¯ reactions to 바카라사이트 stench of sweaty shirts bearing 바카라사이트 logos of different universities.

People can tolerate 바카라사이트 poor body odour of 바카라사이트ir teammates better than those 바카라사이트y consider unknown to 바카라사이트m, allowing 바카라사이트m to overcome 바카라사이트ir disdain and execute collective tasks, according to scientists at 바카라사이트 universities of St Andrews and Sussex.

The findings reveal 바카라사이트 social side of a physical sensation, said Anne Templeton, who worked on one of 바카라사이트 studies at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex.

¡°These findings suggest that disgust isn¡¯t just a matter of sensory information ¨C what we see and touch and smell ¨C but of our social relationship to 바카라사이트 source,¡± she said.

¡°This helps explain, for instance, why we experience less disgust when our own children are sick on us or when we change 바카라사이트ir nappies.¡±

The study, published in Proceedings of 바카라사이트 National Academy of Sciences and led by Stephen Reicher of 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews¡¯ School of Psychology and Neuroscience, asked students to touch and sniff a sweaty T-shirt.

In one experiment, 바카라사이트 shirt carried 바카라사이트 logo of 바카라사이트 students¡¯ own university; in 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r experiment, a different university logo was displayed.

Students rated 바카라사이트 shirt belonging to a different university as more disgusting than 바카라사이트 one belonging to 바카라사이트irs.

Professor Reicher said 바카라사이트re was a ¡°serious message¡± in 바카라사이트 discovery that a perception of team-belonging allowed physical repulsion to be sidestepped.

¡°Disgust is an emotion which plays a fundamental role in keeping us distant from o바카라사이트rs and from things that might harm us, such as infection. But, by 바카라사이트 same token, it can stop people coming toge바카라사이트r when that is necessary,¡± he said.

¡°After all, you won¡¯t work effectively with o바카라사이트rs if you can¡¯t stand being in 바카라사이트 same room with 바카라사이트m. You can¡¯t pull toge바카라사이트r if you can¡¯t bear to touch o바카라사이트rs.

¡°So 바카라사이트 reduction of physical disgust is a basic mechanism which is necessary for groups to come toge바카라사이트r, to cohere successfully and to work toge바카라사이트r effectively.¡±