Need a quick pick-me-up? Hug your guy or a male buddy. In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, women who sniffed test bottles containing anonymous male sweat experienced a surge in mood while the moods of women who sniffed placebos remained unchanged. The researchers credit certain pheromones—scentless compounds produced by the body—present in male sweat that prompt a rise in feel-good hormones in a woman’s body.
[photo: Hairy Jacques]
