The Social Skin: A Neuroaesthetic Theoretical Framework for Multimodal Subconscious Signaling in Human Attraction

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract First-impression formation in humans occurs within 100 milliseconds and demonstrates remarkable stability across cultures. The present manuscript advances a highly conceptual theoretical framework in which the integument is recognized as a bidirectional sensory-emissive organ instrumental to the first impressions projected and received. At least five biologically plausible signaling channels are proposed: (1) thermal infrared radiation; (2) ultraweak photon emission; (3) the cardiac electromagnetic field; (4) volatile chemosignals; and (5) affective touch mediated by C-tactile afferents. A subcortical–cortical integrative network, anchored by the amygdala for rapid salience detection, the insular cortex for interoceptive integration, and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex for value conversion, is proposed as the unifying neural substrate through which these channels converge into the rapid judgments characterized in first-impression research. This integration is proposed as a candidate mechanism that may contribute to the speed and stability of human social recognition, and reframes the dermal and aesthetic interventions performed in cosmetic medicine as impacting a multi-channel social signaling network, influencing the psychosocial outcomes increasingly recognized as central to aesthetic medical benefits.
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Authors Steven H. Dayan
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Journal Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum
Year 2026
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10.1093/asjof/ojag186
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https://doi.org/10.1093/asjof/ojag186
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