Wednesday 7 November 2012

Language of Scent

Many of us would assume that humans could only communicate with either verbal cues, or visual ones. Anything else such as touch or thought would deem us supernatural... Well to those searching to become supernatural, look no more! Netherlands researchers have discovered that our emotions are also conveyed through scent. For example, a man who sweats out of fear will make other humans subconsciously react to things in a fearful manner, and the same goes for disgust, and other emotions.

The implications of this discovery are rather large. This means that there are chemicals in our bodily fluids, or that we emit, that can alter someones mood, or make them feel induced emotions. If people could harness that chemical, we could essentially make "fear gas" or other things we only see in those James Bond movies!

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