DervalResearch

Amsterdam, The Netherlands February 26, 2009 — Global Market Research firm DervalResearch  announced today that they have discovered a link between the hormonal fingerprint and an individual’s job, hobbies, and perception. Scientific research conducted between November 2008 and January 2009 on 500 people from over 25 countries uncovered endless opportunities in the field of marketing, new product development and career management.

“Our perception, skills, and physical traits are greatly determined by our hormones while we are still a fetus. Based on this hormonal fingerprint, we can predict an individual’s perfect matching job, hobby, and partner, and also preferred food, beverage, and color.” explains Prof. Diana Derval, President and Research Director.

Prof. Derval continues, “For example, we have discovered that individuals with a testosterone-driven hormonal fingerprint— they were more influenced by testosterone in the womb—are more likely to be entrepreneurs and dancers. On the other hand, estrogen-driven individuals are more likely to be web designers and polyglots—and this is independent of one's gender.”

In their research, DervalResearch discovered a link between the perception of taste and one's job and hobbies. Prof. Derval reveals, “Entrepreneurs are more likely to be super-tasters, web designers tend to be medium-tasters, nurses and rugby men non-tasters—they host fewer taste buds on their tongue and can therefore eat or drink almost anything including bitter, spicy and very sweet food.” 

Vidya Sagar Gannamani, Category Leader, Beverage Appliances at Philips, shares: "We discovered and experienced with Prof. Diana Derval the influence of the hormonal fingerprint. This remarkable biological fact explains why our perception of taste is at the same time unique and predictable."

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