Chemosignals Communicate Human Emotions
Chemosignals Communicate Human Emotions
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DOI：
10.1177/0956797612445317
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发表时间：
2012-11-01
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.
人类能通过化学信号传递情绪状态吗？在这里报道的实验中，我们通过在具身社会沟通理论提供的框架内考察化学信号的功能来解决这个问题。根据这一理论，我们假设发送者在不同情绪状态下经历的加工过程通过发送者产生的化学物质传递给接收者，从而在发送者和接收者之间建立起一种多层次的对应关系。在一项双盲实验中，我们检查了面部反应、感觉调节过程和视觉搜索对化学信号的反应。我们证明，恐惧化学信号会产生可怕的面部表情和感觉获得(增加嗅觉幅度和眼睛扫描)；相反，厌恶的化学信号会引起厌恶的面部表情和感觉排斥(减少嗅觉幅度、目标检测灵敏度和眼睛扫描)。这些发现突显了化学信号在调节有意识通道之外的通信通信时被忽视的社会相关性。
Can humans communicate emotional states via chemical signals? In the experiment reported here, we addressed this question by examining the function of chemosignals in a framework furnished by embodied social communication theory. Following this theory, we hypothesized that the processes a sender experiences during distinctive emotional states are transmitted to receivers by means of the chemicals that the sender produces, thus establishing a multilevel correspondence between sender and receiver. In a double-blind experiment, we examined facial reactions, sensory-regulation processes, and visual search in response to chemosignals. We demonstrated that fear chemosignals generated a fearful facial expression and sensory acquisition (increased sniff magnitude and eye scanning); in contrast, disgust chemosignals evoked a disgusted facial expression and sensory rejection (decreased sniff magnitude, target-detection sensitivity, and eye scanning). These findings underline the neglected social relevance of chemosignals in regulating communicative correspondence outside of conscious access.