The smell of fear is real, claim scientists

Researchers have found that chemical signals emitted by the body in sweat when scared really can be picked up by others and can trigger fear in their brains.

link: (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechn...)
submitted by: hostage4 Dec 4, 2008
category: Science keywords: body, fear, scent, scared, afraid


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Well if humans can smell it, then it's been true all along that dogs can smell fear.

posted by: Zer0H4x Dec 4, 2008

Hah, the lab subjects had to smell underarm sweat for their work.

posted by: Jaggedx69x Dec 4, 2008

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