50 documents found, page 1 of 5
Sweating it out: The influence of sex and emotions on human sweat production
Gomes, Nuno; Benrós, Miguel F.; Martins, Jorge S.; Semin, Gün R.; Semin, Gün Refik; Gomes, NunoHuman sweat conveys a wealth of information about its donors, including their emotional state at the time of release. While extensive research has examined the communicative potential of human sweat, the mechanisms underlying emotional sweat production remain underexplored. This study employed a data-driven approach with a large sample of sweat donors (N = 334; most participants were university students) to inv...
Revisiting “The Malicious Serpent”: Phylogenetically threatening stimulus marke...
Biondi, Luiz; Gomes, Nuno; Maior, Rafael S.; Soares, Sandra C.Twenty years ago, Öhman and Mineka's publication “The Malicious Serpent” emphasized the selective pressure ancestral reptiles would have on early mammals’ visual system, specifically the development of a set of subcortical structures that would provide snake-like images privileged access to the amygdala. This process would occur automatically and allows for quick defensive reactions. Based on criticisms directe...
Comparing fear and anxiety chemosignals: Do they modulate facial muscle activit...
Gomes, Nuno; Pause, Bettina; Smeets, Monique; Semin, G. R.Fear and anxiety are the most frequently studied emotional states in chemosignal research. Despite differences between these two emotional states, findings from research using fear and anxiety body odors (BOs) are often treated as part of a similar phenomenon. In this article, we examine possible similarities and differences between participants exposed to fear and anxiety BOs on 2 dependent variables commonly ...
Comparing fear and anxiety chemosignals: Do they modulate facial muscle activit...
Gomes, Nuno; Pause, Bettina; Smeets, Monique; Semin, G. R.Fear and anxiety are the most frequently studied emotional states in chemosignal research. Despite differences between these two emotional states, findings from research using fear and anxiety body odors (BOs) are often treated as part of a similar phenomenon. In this article, we examine possible similarities and differences between participants exposed to fear and anxiety BOs on 2 dependent variables commonly ...
Validation of the open biological negative image set for a Portuguese populatio...
Gomes, Nuno; Benrós, Miguel F.; Semin, Gün R.Recently, Shirai and Watanabe Royal Society Open Science, 9(1), 211128 (2022) developed OBNIS (Open Biological Negative Image Set), a comprehensive database containing images (primarily animals but also fruits, mushrooms, and vegetables) that visually elicit disgust, fear, or neither. OBNIS was initially validated for a Japanese population. In this article, we validated the color version of OBNIS for a Portugue...
Investigating inattentional blindness through the lens of fear chemosignals
Semin, Gün R.; DePhillips, Michael; Gomes, NunoInattentional blindness is a phenomenon wherein people fail to perceive obvious stimuli within their vision, sometimes leading to dramatic consequences. Research on the effects of fear chemosignals suggests that they facilitate receivers’ sensory acquisition. We aimed to examine the interplay between these phenomena, investigating whether exposure to fear chemosignals (vs. rest body odors) can reduce the inatte...
Mata Nacional da Margaraça - Uma relíquia do Terciário.
Santos-Silva, Celeste; Natário, Bruno; Alves, João; Barreto, Francisco; Ruivo, Mário; Gomes, NunoA Mata da Margaraça é um foco de elevada biodiversidade, com elementos únicos e de grande importância a nível mundial, com a qual o ser humano interagiu harmoniosamente e deixou marca. Sendo uma área com particular interesse para a Conservação da Natureza, adquiriu o estatuto de Mata Nacional e Sítio de Importância Comunitária do Complexo do Açor, no âmbito da Rede Natura 2000, e foi integrada na Rede de Reserv...
Pelotherapy and electrotherapy in one single therapeutic modality
Bastos, Carla Marina; Rocha, Fernando; Gomes, Nuno; Marinho Reis, A. Paula[Excerpt] Introduction Pelotherapy and electrotherapy are therapeutic methodologies with proven success in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) and dermatology fields. The main purpose of these therapeutic modalities is to reduce pain, accelerate wound healing, alleviate muscle spasms, and improve mobility and muscle tone.[...]
Nickel Allergy After a Negative Test Result Following Nuss Procedure for Pectus...
Fontoura-Matias, José; Pereira-Nunes, Joana; Vasconcelos-Castro, Sofia; Gomes, Nuno; Cunha, Ana Paula; Soares-Oliveira, Miguel.
Can Humans Discriminate Horse ‘Fear’ Chemosignals from Control Chemosignals? Co...
Semin, Gün R.; Gomes, Nuno; D'Aniello, Biagio; Sabiniewicz, AgnieszkaWe illustrate the problematic nature of different assumptions guiding the examination of whether humans can detect the source of fear chemosignals (i.e., body odors) emitted by horses—a research question examined in an article recently published in Animals. A central issue is that the formulation of the question itself contains the answer to it. In this paper, we parse the problematic assumptions on which the a...