Can humans communicate emotional states via chemical signals? In the experiment
reported here, we addressed this question by examining the function of chemosignals in a …

Communication is the foundation of sociality and is made possible by a diverse set of media.
Research on human communication has primarily focused on auditory and visual …

Integrating emotional cues from different senses is critical for adaptive behavior. Much of the
evidence on cross-modal perception of emotions has come from studies of vision and …

The ability to detect conspecifics that represent a potential harm for an individual represents
a high survival benefit. Humans communicate socially relevant information using all sensory …

Objective The sense of olfaction has been considered of minor importance in human
communication. In recent years, evidence has emerged that humans might be influenced by …

It is well known that feelings of happiness transfer between individuals through mimicry
induced by vision and hearing. The evidence is inconclusive, however, as to whether …

Alarm pheromones are widely used in the animal kingdom. Notably, there are 26 published
studies (N= 1652) highlighting a human capacity to communicate fear, stress, and anxiety …

Social chemosignaling is a part of human behavior, but how chemosignals transfer from one
individual to another is unknown. In turn, humans greet each other with handshakes, but the …

It has been proposed that facial expression production originates in sensory regulation.
Here we demonstrate that facial expressions of fear are configured to enhance sensory …

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 …