“…This procedure could be one of the reasons why there were no significant results for the hit rates: the social information communicated through the body odor was not as specific as the visual information of each face image. Previous studies have shown that human body odors can communicate information regarding individuals' identity (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, health status, sexual availability and personal predisposition; McClintock et al, ; ProkopâPrigge, Greene, Varallo, Wysocki, & Preti, ; Wyatt, ) and emotional status (de Groot & Smeets, ; Wudarczyk et al, ). However, as combination of four different people, the information related to identity (e.g., age, health status) could have been misleading or confusing, while, since only emotionally neutral body odors where used, there was no specific information regarding the emotional status.…”