Fig 1. Physical closeness, but not emotional closeness, partially mediates the olfactory-mortality link for females.

(A) Model summary for physical closeness as a mediator, with gender as a moderator on the a path. (B) Model summary for emotional closeness as a mediator. Asterisks indicate significant coefficients (*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001). Unstandardized coefficients are reported.