title: Effect of a perfume on prosocial behavior of pedestrians.
abstract: Several studies have shown that perfumes encourage prosocial behavior of people from whom help is requested in the street. Implicit requests for help were studied. On a pedestrian walk, a woman confederate, with or without a heavy perfume, walked by the subject while dropping a packet of paper handkerchiefs or a glove apparently without noticing. Results show that the confederate was warned more often when wearing a perfume.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire GRESICO, IUT de Vannes-Département TC, Université de Bretagne Sud, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guéguen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009812:Odorants; D010476:Perfume; D012919:Social Behavior; D016138:Walking
chemical_list: D010476:Perfume