休息的副交感活动与恶臭诱导的变化有关,该变化与发言者的外来感受有关
Kelly E Faig1, Elizabeth A Necka2, Karen E Smith3
1Department of Psychology, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, USA.
Brain and behavior
|September 22, 2023
概括
较高的副交感神经系统 (PNS) 活动通过增加暴露于疾病线索时对外群异国感的感知来增强病原体回避. 这会影响免疫反应期间的社会行为.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 人类进化了病原体避开策略,包括避免被认为是感染风险的外来个体的社会行为.
- 副交感神经系统 (PNS) 活动与社会参与和免疫调节有关,但其在群体间感知和行为免疫系统中的作用未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究副交感活动和群体内与群体外说话者的感知之间的关系.
- 检查暴露于病原体相关的气味如何影响这些感知.
- 为了确定PNS活动是否会缓和病原体线索对群体间感知的影响.
主要方法:
- 测量了静止时的高频心率变化 (PNS活动的代理).
- 参与者评价了群体内和群体外演讲者的外来性.
- 这种评级是在接触黄油酸或不接触黄油酸的情况下进行的,黄油酸是一种病原体相关的气味.
主要成果:
- 对气味的暴露增加了对外群演讲者的外来感.
- 暴露于气味下降的感知外来性在小组的扬声器.
- 具有较高静止性副交感活动的个体显示,气味对异国感知的影响更强.
结论:
- 副交感神经系统活动可能会影响行为免疫反应期间的社会感知转变.
- PNS活动可以调节个人如何在潜在感染的背景下感知群体内和群体外成员.
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