The relation of toxoplasma infection and sexual attraction to fear, danger, pain, and submissiveness
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F16%3A43915094" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/16:43915094 - isvavai.cz</a>
Nalezeny alternativní kódy
RIV/00216208:11310/16:10326830
Výsledek na webu
<a href="http://evp.sagepub.com/content/14/3/1474704916659746" target="_blank" >http://evp.sagepub.com/content/14/3/1474704916659746</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474704916659746" target="_blank" >10.1177/1474704916659746</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
The relation of toxoplasma infection and sexual attraction to fear, danger, pain, and submissiveness
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Behavioral patterns, including sexual behavioral patterns, are usually understood as biological adaptations increasing the fitness of their carriers. Many parasites, so-called manipulators, are known to induce changes in the behavior of their hosts to increase their own fitness. Such changes are also induced by a parasite of cats, Toxoplasma gondii. The most remarkable change is the fatal attraction phenomenon, the switch of infected mice's and rat's native fear of the smell of cats toward an attraction to this smell. The stimuli that activate fear-related circuits in healthy rodents start to also activate sex-related circuits in the infected animals. An analogy of the fatal attraction phenomenon has also been observed in infected humans. Therefore, we tried to test a hypothesis that sexual arousal by fear-, violence-, and danger-related stimuli occurs more frequently in Toxoplasma-infected subjects. A cross-sectional cohort study performed on 36,564 subjects (5,087 Toxoplasma free and 741 Toxoplasma infected) showed that infected and noninfected subjects differ in their sexual behavior, fantasies, and preferences when age, health, and the size of the place where they spent childhood were controlled (F(24, 3719) 1/4 2.800, p < .0001). In agreement with our a priori hypothesis, infected subjects are more often aroused by their own fear, danger, and sexual submission although they practice more conventional sexual activities than Toxoplasma-free subjects. We suggest that the later changes can be related to a decrease in the personality trait of novelty seeking in infected subjects, which is potentially a side effect of increased concentration of dopamine in their brain.
Název v anglickém jazyce
The relation of toxoplasma infection and sexual attraction to fear, danger, pain, and submissiveness
Popis výsledku anglicky
Behavioral patterns, including sexual behavioral patterns, are usually understood as biological adaptations increasing the fitness of their carriers. Many parasites, so-called manipulators, are known to induce changes in the behavior of their hosts to increase their own fitness. Such changes are also induced by a parasite of cats, Toxoplasma gondii. The most remarkable change is the fatal attraction phenomenon, the switch of infected mice's and rat's native fear of the smell of cats toward an attraction to this smell. The stimuli that activate fear-related circuits in healthy rodents start to also activate sex-related circuits in the infected animals. An analogy of the fatal attraction phenomenon has also been observed in infected humans. Therefore, we tried to test a hypothesis that sexual arousal by fear-, violence-, and danger-related stimuli occurs more frequently in Toxoplasma-infected subjects. A cross-sectional cohort study performed on 36,564 subjects (5,087 Toxoplasma free and 741 Toxoplasma infected) showed that infected and noninfected subjects differ in their sexual behavior, fantasies, and preferences when age, health, and the size of the place where they spent childhood were controlled (F(24, 3719) 1/4 2.800, p < .0001). In agreement with our a priori hypothesis, infected subjects are more often aroused by their own fear, danger, and sexual submission although they practice more conventional sexual activities than Toxoplasma-free subjects. We suggest that the later changes can be related to a decrease in the personality trait of novelty seeking in infected subjects, which is potentially a side effect of increased concentration of dopamine in their brain.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>x</sub> - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)
CEP obor
AN - Psychologie
OECD FORD obor
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Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2016
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Evolutionary Psychology
ISSN
1474-7049
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
14
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
3
Stát vydavatele periodika
US - Spojené státy americké
Počet stran výsledku
10
Strana od-do
1-10
Kód UT WoS článku
000391100500004
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85009461544