← Read or Listen to our Loves Hidden Policy Articles Can Humans Really Smell Emotions? People affect you. They just do. Is this chemistry or does smell affect us? I suggest both but more recent studies show that humans can smell emotional states with their noses even if they may not be conscious of what they are smelling. The human nose, or more specifically the olfactory tract that sends neural signals to the brain and amygdala is a rapid communication system that affects us far faster than verbal communication. Our human systems have evolved over millions of years phylogenetically to…

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← Read or Listen to our Loves Hidden Policy Articles The Neuroscience of Empathy and Compassion It is our ability to understand and cooperate with others that has mostly helped us to win against war on the planet. Our ability to be empathetic and to show compassion are emotional responses that have helped us tremendously in accomplishing this. These two distinct emotional responses that human beings use in more authentic communication are now gaining more and more positive attention. When we are exposed to the intense suffering of another person, empathy is invoked. When we listen to someone with care…