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Personal profile
Biography
I am currently a Senior Lecturer within Department of Psychology and co-director of the Food, Flavour and Fragrance lab. My research takes a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how our physiology impacts behavoiur, exploring, for example, the role our sense of smell and personality and romantic relationships. I completed my PhD in 2008 at Macquarie University and after working in the market consultancy field, I returned to work as a Post-doctoral and lecturer at Macquarie University.
Teaching
I currently have the privilege of convening Introduction to Psychology I which has the largest cohort of students. I also give guest lectures on various The Psychology of Human Relationships, The Scientist Practtioner Model and Real-word Applications of Visual Perception.
Research interests
I currently conduct research on various topics including:
- Understanding the role our sense of smell and body odours play in romantic relationships,
- Exploring the social impact of having a poor sense of smell,
- Investigating the link between olfaction and personality (especailly psychopathic traits and empathy).
Research student supervision
I currently supervise Honours and Higher Degree Research stduents within my areas of interests. I am always excited to hear from people who share the same research interests and discuss collaborative projects or research supervision.
Community engagement
I am involved in increasing the representation of Indigenous Australians in studying psychology and also embedding Indigenous content and perspectives within psychology degrees.
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Projects
- 4 Finished
The role of olfaction and body odours in starting, sustaining and severing romantic relationships
1/07/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Other
Student engagement in online learning: Psychology via OUA
Beath, A., Irwin, J. & Mahmut, M.
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Teaching
Research Outputs
Changes in olfactory function after immersive exposure to odorants
Mahmut, M. K., Uecker, F. C., Göktas, Ö., Georgsdorf, W., Oleszkiewicz, A. & Hummel, T., 8 Jan 2020, In : Journal of Sensory Studies. 8 p., e12559.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Exploring the relationship between psychopathy and taste perception
Mahmut, M. K. & Banzer, B., 23 Jan 2020, In : Chemosensory Perception. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Do single men smell and look different to partnered men?
Mahmut, M. K. & Stevenson, R. J., 13 Feb 2019, In : Frontiers in Psychology. 10, FEB, p. 1-9 9 p., 261.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Do women love their partner's smell? Exploring women's preferences for and identification of male partner and non-partner body odor
Mahmut, M. K., Stevenson, R. J. & Stephen, I., 15 Oct 2019, In : Physiology and Behavior. 210, p. 1-6 6 p., 112517.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Editorial for special issue “Olfaction in interpersonal relationships”
Mahmut, M. K. & Croy, I., 15 Oct 2019, In : Physiology and Behavior. 210, 1 p., 112628.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial