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# Related
- [[Biology/Neuroscience/Neuroscience]]
- [[Biology/Evolution/Memetic/Memetic]]
- [[Personal growth/Senses optimization]]
- [[Biology/Evolution/Lamarck]]
- [[Biology/Neuroscience/Nervous system]]
# TODO
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# Smell
>However, sniffing terrified sweat (but not contented sweat) caused amygdaloid activation, a bigger startle response, improved detection of subliminal angry faces, and increased odds of interpreting an ambiguous face as looking fearful. If people around you smell scared, your brain tilts toward concluding that you are too.
>~ [[Robert Sapolsky - Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky]]