Friday, August 19, 2011

People are able to distinguish the smell of fear


After some time the same group of students were sent to the gym to pedal bikes. Then the scientists collected the second portion of the pot. Then, 28 volunteers (half male) were asked to sniff pads and say whether they feel any difference between the first and second group of samples.

At this time, their brains were examined with magnetic resonance imaging. Experience has shown that none of the respondents could not tell the difference between then "sports" and "panic".

However, brain scans reported on the reverse: the smell of fear has caused much more activity in the departments responsible for emotions and social relationships have also highlighted areas associated with empathy, compassion.

Researchers from Dusseldorf believe that fear causes the body to produce specific substances that are released and the skin "transfer" feelings to another person.

So, let the subconscious, but we are able to determine what other people around us are scared (even if it is not clear in appearance.)

German scientists believe that such a "warning system" is able to distribute the uncomfortable sensations of a group of people to this day.

This discovery proves once again that smell plays in our lives is much more important than it seems to us that the human olfactory system is more complex and developed , and plays an important role in relations with other Homo sapiens .

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