Hugh Pickens writes "Evidence that the smell of fear is real was uncovered by US scientists last year who studied the underarm secretions of 20 terrified novice skydivers and found that people appear to respond unconsciously to the sweat smell of a... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Fri, Nov 06 2009
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| 29 Jul 09 |
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Scent of fear puts brain in emergency mode » digg The smell of the sweat you produce when terrified is not only registered by the brains of others, but changes their behaviour too, according to new research. It adds to a growing body of evidence that humans may communicate using scent in a similar way to... |
| 12 Mar 09 |
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Men Beware: Women Can Smell Your Fear » digg Moviegoers might want to scoff a bit less when characters talk about the scent of fear. Women exposed to fear chemicals in male sweat tended to see ambiguous faces as being more fearful, according to a new study. |
| 18 Jun 09 |
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FDA Says Homeopathic Cure Can Cause Loss of Smell » slashdot Hugh Pickens writes "The FDA has advised consumers to stop using Matrixx Initiatives' Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel marketed over-the-counter as a cold remedy because it is associated with the loss of sense of smell (anosmia) that may be long-lasting or... |
| 02 Sep 09 |
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All Humans Are Mutants, Say Scientists » slashdot Hugh Pickens writes "In 1935, JBS Haldane, one of the founders of modern genetics, studied a group of men with the blood disease hemophilia and speculated that there would be about 150 new mutations in each human being. Now BBC reports that scientists... |
| 18 Dec 08 |
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20 Ways to Sharpen Your Sense of Smell & Taste » digg Here's how to sustain smell and taste so that every bite (and sniff) tells you what you need to know… |
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