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Jordan Pine's avatar

"Seeds" of Science indeed :-)

Joking aside, I appreciate that someone is willing to test these things!

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hehe ;)

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Sam Miller's avatar

What would be an interesting follow up study is: if a woman wears semen cologne from one man, are other men repelled by it? And vice versa, if a man has another woman’s scent, is a second woman repelled?

Likely more difficult to get participants for though 😂 But perhaps it could be designed another way.

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Mario Pasquato's avatar

Do you see significant autocorrelation in the time series of heart rates and distances, taken in the order in which the participants were subjected to the test? Were people waiting in line standing or sitting before walking into the room for hugging? I wonder whether the lumping of all controls at the beginning of the experiment may have an effect. If the first 10 people just walked in or maybe waited a little while standing while the other 10 realized that they were facing a longer wait and sat down then maybe the heart rate is explained by orthostatic response?

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