Positive emotional priming of facial affect perception in females is diminished by chemosensory anxiety signals

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 797-805

  Pause, Bettina M ^a   Ohrt, Anne ^a   Prehn, Alexander ^a   Ferstl, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chemosensory communication; Emotional priming; Facial expression

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SWEAT; ASSOCIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MENTAL STRESS; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STIMULATION;

VERTEBRATA;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEAT;

EID: 16644403560     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh245     Document Type: Article

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