Olfaction in the Multisensory Processing of Faces: A Narrative Review of the Influence of Human Body Odors
Autor: | Karine Durand, Nawel Mezrai, Arnaud Leleu, Fabrice Damon, Benoist Schaal, Logan Magnier |
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Přispěvatelé: | Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation [Dijon] (CSGA), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), The French 'Investissements d’Avenir' program and the French National Research Agency., ANR-15-IDEX-0003,BFC,ISITE ' BFC(2015), ANR-19-CE28-0009,ODORINFACE,Les odeurs façonnent le développement précoce de la perception des visages : signatures EEG chez le nourrisson(2019) |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
vision
genetic structures media_common.quotation_subject emotion Review 050105 experimental psychology multisensory perception 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Face perception Social cognition Perception adults Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences General Psychology media_common Facial expression [SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behavior Social perception infants body odor face processing 05 social sciences Social environment BF1-990 Categorization Odor 030217 neurology & neurosurgery psychological phenomena and processes Cognitive psychology olfaction |
Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers, 2021, 12 (4366), pp.750944. ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750944⟩ Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021) |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750944⟩ |
Popis: | International audience; A recent body of research has emerged regarding the interactions between olfaction and other sensory channels to process social information. The current review examines the influence of body odors on face perception, a core component of human social cognition. First, we review studies reporting how body odors interact with the perception of invariant facial information (i.e., identity, sex, attractiveness, trustworthiness, and dominance). Although we mainly focus on the influence of body odors based on axillary odor, we also review findings about specific steroids present in axillary sweat (i.e., androstenone, androstenol, androstadienone, and estratetraenol). We next survey the literature showing body odor influences on the perception of transient face properties, notably in discussing the role of body odors in facilitating or hindering the perception of emotional facial expression, in relation to competing frameworks of emotions. Finally, we discuss the developmental origins of these olfaction-to-vision influences, as an emerging literature indicates that odor cues strongly influence face perception in infants. Body odors with a high social relevance such as the odor emanating from the mother have a widespread influence on various aspects of face perception in infancy, including categorization of faces among other objects, face scanning behavior, or facial expression perception. We conclude by suggesting that the weight of olfaction might be especially strong in infancy, shaping social perception, especially in slow-maturing senses such as vision, and that this early tutoring function of olfaction spans all developmental stages to disambiguate a complex social environment by conveying key information for social interactions until adulthood. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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