Chemosignals: Stress Sweat Impacts How Women Are Perceived
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 10:50
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study says it has confirmed for the first time that the smell of stress sweat does significantly alter how women are perceived by both males and females. Research has shown the ability of human body odor to communicate information between individuals. Not only have body odor signals been shown to convey messages about genetic connection, dating and general health, but body odors produced from individuals in specific emotional states have been shown to affect both the neural and behavioral states of the receiver, whether or not they are consciously aware of the source of the body odor. read more