Androstadienone influences women's perception of happiness and anger on same-sex faces: Preliminary findings.
Biol Psychol
; 170: 108293, 2022 04.
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ABSTRACT
This study investigated whether androstadienone (AND) influences women's emotional perception of potential mates and rivals in a manner that promotes women's reproductive success. Sixty participants (29 in the fertile phase and 31 in the luteal phase) rated their perception of happiness, sadness, anger and sexual arousal from male and female neutral faces during exposure to AND or control solution on two consecutive days. The results showed that AND led women to perceive neutral female faces as unhappier, regardless of their menstrual cycle phase. In addition, AND led women in the fertile phase (i.e., periovulatory phase) to perceive more anger from neutral female faces. Further, no AND-effects were found on the emotional perception of male faces, nor were there perceptions of the sadness or sexual arousal in female faces. These findings may suggest that AND influences women's cognitive processing that can benefit women from staying away from potential threats or preparing to reduce the costs of intrasexual competition.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Felicidad
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Ira
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Psychol
Año:
2022
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Article
País de afiliación:
China