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Individuals lack the capacity to accurately detect emotional piloerection
2023-07-21
Abstract excerpt
Piloerection (e.g., goosebumps) is an essential thermoregulatory and social signalling mechanism in non-human animals. While humans also experience piloerection—often being perceived as an indicator of profound emotional experiences—its comparatively less effective role in thermoregulation and communication might influence our capacity to monitor its occurrence. We present three studies (total N = 617) demonstrati...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1299a45b-60b4-56f8-8d53-3799192aa0ce
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.07.19.549671