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Psychoneuroendocrinology

Title:		Effects of androstadienone on dominance perception in males with low and high social anxiety
Author(s):		Banner A; Shamay-Tsoory S;
Address:		"Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Abba Khoushy Ave 199, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: abanner@campus.haifa.ac.il. Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Abba Khoushy Ave 199, Haifa, Israel"
Journal Title:		Psychoneuroendocrinology
Year:		2018
Volume:		20180525
Issue:
Page Number:		138 - 144
DOI:		10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.05.032
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-3360 (Electronic) 0306-4530 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Increasing evidence suggests that humans can communicate both trait-dominance and state-dominance via body odor. Androstadienone (androsta-4,16,-dien-3-one), a chemosignal found in human sweat, seems to be a likely candidate for signaling dominance in humans. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of androstadienone on the perception of social dominance. Moreover, we examined whether high levels of social anxiety, a psychopathology involving concerns that specifically pertain to social dominance, are associated with increased sensitivity to androstadienone as a chemical cue of dominance. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject design, 64 heterosexual male participants (32 with high social anxiety and 32 with low social anxiety) viewed facial images of males depicting dominant, neutral and submissive postures, and were asked to recognize and rate the dominance expressed in those images. Participants completed the task twice, once under exposure to androstadienone and once under exposure to a control solution. The results indicate that androstadienone increased the perceived dominance of men's faces, specifically among participants with high social anxiety. These findings suggest a direct influence of androstadienone on dominance perception and further highlight the preferential processing of dominance and social threat signals evident in social anxiety"
Keywords:		"Adolescent Adult Androstadienes/administration & dosage/*pharmacology Anxiety/psychology Double-Blind Method Face Facial Expression Humans Israel Male Men/psychology Perception/*drug effects Pheromones, Human/physiology Placebos Social Dominance *Social P;"
Notes:		"MedlineBanner, Amir Shamay-Tsoory, Simone eng England 2018/06/03 Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018 Sep; 95:138-144. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.05.032. Epub 2018 May 25"