Food sharing and empathic emotion regulation: an evolutionary perspective

Frontiers in Psychology

Thomas R. Alley¹ 

关键词: strong reciprocity;    food sharing;    empathic emotion regulation;    reciprocal altruism;    food transfer;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00121

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The social aspects of food sharing have been largely neglected, particularly in psychology. Mother-infant relations are a notable exception; one where the positive emotional consequences of feeding are rightfully seen as rewarding to mothers. What about food sharing in adults? While much has been written about food sharing as an important form of resource sharing (see Kaplan and Gurven, 2005), scant attention has been given to other consequences although growing evidence reveals other aspects that are more emotional-psychological in nature (Rozin, 1996), including its appearance in courtship (Alley et al., 2013). The potential use of food sharing for empathic emotion regulation (EER) proposed by Hamburg et al. 2014; hereafter HFS) gives us yet another reason to correct this and examine the social aspects of food sharing.

【 授权许可】

CC BY