A Sniff of Happiness
A Sniff of Happiness
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DOI：
10.1177/0956797614566318
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Semin, Gun R.
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作者：
de Groot, Jasper H. B.;Smeets, Monique A. M.;Semin, Gun R.
众所周知，幸福感通过视觉和听觉引起的模仿在个体之间传递。然而，关于幸福是否可以通过化学信号通过嗅觉来传达，证据尚无定论。由于化学信号是一种已知的将负面情绪从发送者转移到接收者的媒介，因此我们研究了化学信号是否也参与了积极情绪的传递。积极情绪对于整体健康很重要，但在化学信号研究中相对被忽视，这可能是因为与消极情绪相关的更强的生存益处。我们观察到，在快乐状态下接触从化学信号发送者收集的体味会诱发这些信号接收者的面部表情和感知处理方式，表明这些信号的接收者感到幸福。我们的研究结果表明，气味不仅可以传递负面情绪，还可以传递积极的状态（幸福）。
It is well known that feelings of happiness transfer between individuals through mimicry induced by vision and hearing. The evidence is inconclusive, however, as to whether happiness can be communicated through the sense of smell via chemosignals. As chemosignals are a known medium for transferring negative emotions from a sender to a receiver, we examined whether chemosignals are also involved in the transmission of positive emotions. Positive emotions are important for overall well-being and yet relatively neglected in research on chemosignaling, arguably because of the stronger survival benefits linked with negative emotions. We observed that exposure to body odor collected from senders of chemosignals in a happy state induced a facial expression and perceptual-processing style indicative of happiness in the receivers of those signals. Our findings suggest that not only negative affect but also a positive state (happiness) can be transferred by means of odors.