| Title: | "Past, Present, and Future of Human Chemical Communication Research" |
| Author(s): | Loos HM; Schaal B; Pause BM; Smeets MAM; Ferdenzi C; Roberts SC; de Groot J; Lubke KT; Croy I; Freiherr J; Bensafi M; Hummel T; Havlicek J; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg. Department of Sensory Analytics and Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV. Development of Olfactory Cognition and Communication Lab, Centre des Sciences du Gout et de l'Alimentation, CNRS UMR 6265, Universite de Bourgogne. Department of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf. Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Utrecht University. Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5292, Inserm U1028, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier. Division of Psychology, University of Stirling. Behavioral Science Institute, Radboud University. Institute for Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg. Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden. Department of Zoology, Charles University" |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17456916231188147 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1745-6924 (Electronic) 1745-6916 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Although chemical signaling is an essential mode of communication in most vertebrates, it has long been viewed as having negligible effects in humans. However, a growing body of evidence shows that the sense of smell affects human behavior in social contexts ranging from affiliation and parenting to disease avoidance and social threat. This article aims to (a) introduce research on human chemical communication in the historical context of the behavioral sciences; (b) provide a balanced overview of recent advances that describe individual differences in the emission of semiochemicals and the neural mechanisms underpinning their perception, that together demonstrate communicative function; and (c) propose directions for future research toward unraveling the molecular principles involved and understanding the variability in the generation, transmission, and reception of chemical signals in increasingly ecologically valid conditions. Achieving these goals will enable us to address some important societal challenges but are within reach only with the aid of genuinely interdisciplinary approaches" |
| Keywords: | behavior body odor olfaction social interactions; |
| Notes: | "PublisherLoos, Helene M Schaal, Benoist Pause, Bettina M Smeets, Monique A M Ferdenzi, Camille Roberts, S Craig de Groot, Jasper Lubke, Katrin T Croy, Ilona Freiherr, Jessica Bensafi, Moustafa Hummel, Thomas Havlicek, Jan eng 2023/09/05 Perspect Psychol Sci. 2023 Sep 5:17456916231188147. doi: 10.1177/17456916231188147" |
