Sniffing Others' Sweat May Ease Social Anxiety, Study Shows

Mindfulness therapy combined with exposure to chemo-signals from other people's sweat could be an effective treatment for social anxiety, according to a study presented at the European congress of psychiatry in Paris. The study involved collecting sweat from volunteers and exposing patients being treated for social anxiety to chemo-signals extracted from those samples. The results showed that patients who were exposed to the odour samples responded better to the therapy, with a 39% reduction in anxiety scores after one treatment session.