The mere physical presence of another person reduces human autonomic responses to aversive sounds

doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.2241

	The mere physical presence of another person reduces human autonomic responses to aversive sounds
	Qi, Yanyan 1,2,3; Herrmann, Martin J.1; Bell, Luisa 1; Fackler, Anna 1; Han, Shihui 4; Deckert, Juergen 1; Hein, Grit 1
通讯作者	Hein, Grit(hein_g@ukw.de)
摘要	Social animals show reduced physiological responses to aversive events if a conspecific is physically present. Although humans are innately social, it is unclear whether the mere physical presence of another person is sufficient to reduce human autonomic responses to aversive events. In our study, participants experienced aversive and neutral sounds alone (alone treatment) or with an unknown person that was physically present without providing active support. The present person was a member of the participants' ethnical group (ingroup treatment) or a different ethnical group (outgroup treatment), inspired by studies that have found an impact of similarity on social modulation effects. We measured skin conductance responses (SCRs) and collected subjective similarity and affect ratings. The mere presence of an ingroup or outgroup person significantly reduced SCRs to the aversive sounds compared with the alone condition, in particular in participants with high situational anxiety. Moreover, the effect was stronger if participants perceived the ingroup or outgroup person as dissimilar to themselves. Our results indicate that the mere presence of another person was sufficient to diminish autonomic responses to aversive events in humans, and thus verify the translational validity of basic social modulation effects across different species.
关键词	social modulation similarity skin conductance responses anxiety
	2020-01-29
语种	英语
DOI	10.1098/rspb.2019.2241
发表期刊	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	0962-8452
卷号	287 期号:1919 页码:9
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	German Research Foundation[HE 4566/5-1] ; German Research Foundation[HE 4566/3-1] ; Joint Training Program of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
出版者	ROYAL SOC
WOS关键词	CONDITIONED FEAR RESPONSES ; SOCIAL SUPPORT ; STRESS ; ANXIETY ; PAIN ; CORTISOL ; BEHAVIOR ; INGROUP ; TRANSMISSION ; EXPERIENCE
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Biology ; Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:000525831100006
资助机构	German Research Foundation ; Joint Training Program of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
引用统计	被引频次：11[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/31319
专题	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
通讯作者	Hein, Grit
作者单位	1.Univ Wurzburg, Translat Social Neurosci Unit, Dept Psychiat Psychosomat & Psychotherapy, Ctr Mental Hlth, D-97080 Wurzburg, Germany 2.Zhengzhou Univ, Sch Educ, Dept Psychol, Zhengzhou 450001, Peoples R China 3.Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Peking Univ, PKU IDG McGovern Inst Brain Res, Sch Psychol & Cognit Sci, Beijing 10008, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qi, Yanyan,Herrmann, Martin J.,Bell, Luisa,et al. The mere physical presence of another person reduces human autonomic responses to aversive sounds[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2020,287(1919):9.
APA	Qi, Yanyan.,Herrmann, Martin J..,Bell, Luisa.,Fackler, Anna.,Han, Shihui.,...&Hein, Grit.(2020).The mere physical presence of another person reduces human autonomic responses to aversive sounds.PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,287(1919),9.
MLA	Qi, Yanyan,et al."The mere physical presence of another person reduces human autonomic responses to aversive sounds".PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 287.1919(2020):9.

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