The scent of a handshake

Elife. 2015 Mar 3:4:e06758. doi: 10.7554/eLife.06758.

Abstract

Sniffing our hand after a handshake may allow us to detect chemical signals produced by others.

Keywords: Handshaking; Sniffing; human; neuroscience; pheromones; social chemosignaling.

MeSH terms

  • Hand*
  • Humans
  • Odorants
  • Signal Transduction
  • Smell
  • Social Behavior*