The Scent of Blood: A Driver of Human Behavior?

The scent of blood is potentially one of the most fundamental and survival-relevant olfactory cues in humans. This experiment tests the first human parameters of perceptual threshold and emotional ratings in men and women of an artificially simulated smell of fresh blood in contact with the skin. We...

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Main Authors: James K Moran, Daniel R Dietrich, Thomas Elbert, Bettina M Pause, Lisa Kübler, Roland Weierstall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4580480?pdf=render