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Emotional Body Odors as Context Effects on Cardiac and Subjective Responses

Many studies have indicated that the chemical cues from body odors (BOs) of donors experiencing negative emotions can influence the psychophysiological and behavioral response of the observers. However, these olfactory cues have been used mainly as …

Measuring how Typical and Atypical Minds Read Other's Intentions

Comment on _Seeing mental states: An experimental strategy for measuring the observability of other minds_ by Cristina Becchio et al.

Smelling Anxiety Chemosignals Impairs Clinical Performance of Dental Students

Despite the fact that human body odors can transfer anxiety-related signals, the impact of such signals in real-life situations is scant. In this study, the effects of anxiety chemosignals on the performance of dental students operating on simulation …

The Effects of Emotional Visual Context on the Encoding and Retrieval of Body Odor Information

Conditions during information encoding and retrieval are known to influence the sensory material stored and its recapitulation. However, little is known about such processes in olfaction. Here, we capitalized on the uniqueness of body odors (BOs) …

In Sync or not in Sync? Illusory Body Ownership in Autism Spectrum Disorder

_Background_ A fundamental aspect of self-consciousness is body ownership, which refers to the experience that our body and its parts belong to us and it is distinct from those of other persons. Body ownership depends on the integration of different …

Promoting Cross-Culture Research on Moral Decision-Making with Standardized, Culturally-Equivalent Dilemmas The 4CONFiDe Set

_Introduction_ Moral dilemmas are a common tool in moral decision-making research. However, they are often hardly comparable across languages and cultures. Here, we propose a methodology to adapt, convert and test moral dilemmas in languages …

Relative Contribution of Odour Intensity and Valence to Moral Decisions

Meta-analytic evidence showed that the chemical senses affect moral decisions. However, how odours impact on morality is currently unclear. Through a set of three studies, we assess whether and how odour intensity biases moral choices (Study 1a), its …