Smelling women’s tears lowers aggression in men, says study

Smelling women’s tears lowers aggression in men, says study

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have found that smelling women’s tears reduces brain activity linked to aggression in men, leading to a decrease in aggressive behaviour. The study revealed that human tears contain a chemical signal that specifically lowers activity in two regions of the brain associated with aggression. Led by …

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Sniffing women’s tears lowers aggression in men: Study

Sniffing women’s tears lowers aggression in men: Study

LONDON: Sniffing women’s tears lowers brain activity related to aggression in men, reducing aggressive behaviour, researchers have discovered. The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel conducted the study, which discovered that human tears include a chemical signal that decreases activity in two aggression-related brain regions. In the study, published in the journal PLOS Biology. In …

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