A study had participants smell sweat samples from two groups: one who ran on a treadmill, one who went skydiving for the first time. Smellers showed zero reaction to exercise sweat, but skydiving sweat activated their amygdala — their fear response triggered without any conscious idea why. This proves fear spreads not just through facial expressions, words, or tone, but through actual airborne chemical signals between bodies.
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