Social

Disgust Sensitivity and the Development of Political Attitudes among Children and Their Parents

Body Odors (even when Masked) Make you More Emotional: Behavioral and Neural insights

Morality evolved within specific social contexts that are argued to shape moral choices. In turn, moral choices are hypothesized to be affected by body odors as they powerfully convey socially-relevant information. We thus investigated the neural …

Ethnic influences on the perceptual properties of human chemosignals

Individuals of African and Caucasian descent show different chemical signatures in their body odors (BO). Does such biological difference have a perceptual correlate? We tested BO donors and raters of Afro-Portuguese (AP) and Caucasian ( C) descent …

Heart Rate Increase Predicts Challenging Behavior Episodes in Preschoolers with Autism

Identifying triggers for challenging behavior is difficult in some children with autism because of their limited communication abilities. Physiological indicators of stress may provide important insights. This study examined whether heart rate (HR) …

Sex Differences in Body Ownership in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder

A strong male prevalence has been observed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) since its definition, but the behavioral manifestations of sex disparity have yet to be clarified. Here, we investigate sex differences in the perception of the Numbness …

The Scent of the Other Women: Body Odor-Induced Behavioral and Physiological Effects on Face Categorizations

In body odor research, the interaction of female donors and receivers is scarcely investigated. With the aim to investigate effects of female body odor in a competitive context, we tested 51 women divided into two groups (i.e., a competitive and a …

Anxiety Body Odors as Context for Dynamic Faces: Categorization and Psychophysiological Biases

Body odors (BOs) can convey social information. In particular, their effects are maximal when their presence is paired with meaningful social contexts. Static faces have been widely used as social stimuli. However, they miss a key feature of our …