February 2009 PMID 19170944

Fear-related chemosignals modulate recognition of fear in ambiguous facial expressions.

Wen Zhou, Denise Chen

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Fear-related chemosignals, like sweat from someone feeling fear, can influence how women interpret ambiguous facial expressions, making them more likely to see fear.
The study found that these smell cues only affected perception when facial expressions were unclear, not when the emotion was obvious.
This research shows that emotional signals transmitted through scent can directly influence human emotion recognition, highlighting a new way our senses work together in social interactions.]

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Ethan Mollick

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@sidereal111 Lots of other papers on the topic. https://t.co/ULpXOM1I1x

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malik akbar

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Journal references : https://t.co/9AbyxjH2Ws https://t.co/r96pbD5QbK

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