Induction of empathy by the smell of anxiety.
The communication of stress/anxiety between conspecifics through chemosensory signals has been documented in many vertebrates and invertebrates. Here, we investigate how chemosensory anxiety signals conveyed by the sweat of humans (N = 49) awaiting an academic examination are processed by the human...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-06-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2695008?pdf=render |