According to Lisa Miller, aligning different ways of knowing, such as the inner mystic and inner logician, enhances creativity

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Nasal airflow measurements revealed that human subjects actively sniff their hands following a handshake with an experimenter

Human subjects can reliably distinguish body odor sampled from individuals in a state of fear from body odor sampled under neutral conditions

Human evaluators judged the body odors of established click friends as significantly more similar than those of non-friend dyads

Humans emit a distinct body odor chemosignal when experiencing an acute state of fear

Electronic nose measurements of baseline body odor similarity between strangers significantly predicted positive social bonding and perceived friendliness in a nonverbal mirror game

An experimental study led by Idan Frumin demonstrated a significant increase in human hand-to-nose contact following a handshake

Following a handshake, human subjects demonstrate increased sniffing behavior of both the hand that shook and the hand that did not shake

Exposure to body odors collected from frightened humans increases autonomic arousal in recipient human subjects

A study led by Inbal Ravreby demonstrated that same-sex, non-romantic click friends have significantly more similar body odors than random pairs

In experimental trials using the Taylor Aggression Paradigm, exposure to hexadecanal significantly reduced aggressive behavior in men

In experimental trials using the Taylor Aggression Paradigm, exposure to hexadecanal significantly increased aggressive behavior in women

Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist authored the neuroscientific books The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things

Disrupting ingrained behavioral patterns initially produces psychological fear and discomfort before liberating the practitioner

Impatience is driven by an underlying fear of uncertainty and an inability to tolerate not knowing

Meditation trains practitioners to observe habitual mental urges without being forced into reactive behavior

Ayya Santacitta grew up in a hotel in Austria as an older sibling and developed an unconscious pattern of assuming complete responsibility

Counting backwards from five to one focuses cognitive attention on intentional physical action and disrupts emotional hesitation

Women who framed daily physical activity as protected personal time showed greater consistency than those motivated by weight loss

The human brain naturally adapts to favor familiar and easy actions over novel or demanding tasks

Providing positive reinforcement for small constructive actions encourages ongoing behavioral change without generating interpersonal friction