After handshakes, we sniff people's scent on our hand


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You won't believe you do it, but you do. After shaking hands with someone, you'll lift your hands to your face and take a deep sniff. This newly discovered behaviour
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I can tell you right now, I've never done that in my entire life after shaking someone's hand.

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I don't think people consciously do it.

 

 

Its not: 

 

 

*shakes hands*

 

*Hmm, I might smell my hands now*

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Going to join in and say that I have never done this either. Didn't read the entire article, but in the video I just saw a lot of people scratching their face/nose, many of them with their LEFT hand, am I to believe that these people shook hands with their left hand? The deep sniff is also not obvious. I believe that scratching your face is also a sign of general mild uncomfortableness, that could otherwise be caused by the experiment.

Or perhaps this is just my personal bias shining through?

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