Emotional body odors alter autonomic nervous activity during mindfulness training in social anxiety.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders June 10, 2026 Elisa Dal Bò, Cinzia Cecchetto, Letizia Zurlo et al.
Chemosignals found in human body odors (BOs) convey information about a person's emotional state and elicit observable responses in others. While mindfulness typically enhances parasympathetic tone and reduces anxiety, little is known about how BOs modulate these effects. This study investigated how emotional and non-emotional human BOs influence autonomic nervous system activity - heart rate...