Physiological signals are "neutral" but our interpretation makes it good, bad, stressful, or otherwise.
There's a study where men were interviewed by a woman immediately after crossing a shaky suspension bridge versus a sturdy one. Those on the suspension bridge were more likely to follow and contact the woman. There was no difference in the groups when a male was the interviewer. This suggests that the physiological arousal of crossing a high, scary bridge was misattributed as attraction to the female interviewer.
Physiological reactions can be interpreted man ways and our interpretation depends on what we think caused it. For example, anxiety and excitement are nearly the same at a biological level but have different causal labels of fear vs. anticipation.
REF — Dutton, D.G.; Aaron, A. P. (1974). "Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 30 (4): 510–517. doi:10.1037/h0037031
Connections
4A3B. Your state (experience) is a combination of body, attention, and thoughts/language.
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