The smell of sweat helps in the treatment of social phobia.

The emotional state of a person affects the chemical compounds released by his body. These compounds have a certain smell that others can smell and react to them in a certain way. Perhaps the success of the treatment is determined by those substances that are contained in human sweat always, and not at certain emotional moments. The authors also suggest that the mere physical presence of another person nearby can have the same effect as the presence of bodily odors.