Here, we examine the impact of one's willingness to try new foods on others' perceptions of sexual unrestrictedness and desirability as a sexual and romantic partner. Guided by insights from past research, we hypothesized that targets who are willing to try new foods would be perceived as being more desirable sexual and romantic partners (Study 1) and as being less sexually restricted (Studies 2–4) than targets who are unwilling to try new foods. Results supported this hypothesis and further indicated that this pattern is specific to willingness to try new foods, not general willingness to try new things (Study 3). Additionally, results revealed that the relationship between willingness to try new food and inferences of sexual unrestrictedness is driven by perceptions of target's relatively lower levels of sexual disgust sensitivity and not by the belief that the target is in better health or has superior immune function (Study 4). Together, these results suggest that people's willingness to try new foods may impact how they are perceived by prospective dates and mates.

在这里，我们研究了一个人尝试新食物的意愿对其作为性伴侣和浪漫伴侣的性不受限制和可取性的看法的影响。根据过去研究的见解，我们假设愿意尝试新食物的目标会被认为是更理想的性伴侣和浪漫伴侣（研究 1），并且与不愿意尝试新食物的目标相比，性限制更少（研究 2-4）尝试新食物。结果支持了这一假设，并进一步表明这种模式特定于尝试新食物的意愿，而不是尝试新事物的普遍意愿（研究 3）。此外，结果显示，尝试新食物的意愿与性不受限制的推断之间的关系是由对目标的看法驱动的 s 相对较低水平的性厌恶敏感度，而不是相信目标健康状况更好或具有更好的免疫功能（研究 4）。总之，这些结果表明，人们尝试新食物的意愿可能会影响未来约会对象和配偶对他们的看法。