Physiological synchrony is associated with attraction in a blind date setting.
Journal
Nature human behaviour
ISSN: 2397-3374
Titre abrégé: Nat Hum Behav
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101697750
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2022
02 2022
Historique:
received:
04
06
2020
accepted:
19
08
2021
pubmed:
3
11
2021
medline:
27
4
2022
entrez:
2
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Humans are social animals whose well-being is shaped by the ability to attract and connect with one another, often through brief interactions. In addition to physical features, a choreography of movements, physical reactions and subtle expressions may help promote attraction. Here, we measured the physiological dynamics between pairs of participants during real-life dating interactions outside the laboratory. Participants wore eye-tracking glasses with embedded cameras and devices to measure physiological signals including heart rate and skin conductance. We found that overt signals such as smiles, laughter, eye gaze or the mimicry of those signals were not significantly associated with attraction. Instead, attraction was predicted by synchrony in heart rate and skin conductance between partners, which are covert, unconscious and difficult to regulate. Our findings suggest that interacting partners' attraction increases and decreases as their subconscious arousal levels rise and fall in synchrony.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34725513
doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01197-3
pii: 10.1038/s41562-021-01197-3
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
269-278Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
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