Does smelling granny relieve depressive mood? Commentary on "Rapid mood change and human odors".
Chen and Haviland-Jones claim if you're down/You needn't be depressed and mope around/Check out Granny's smell/It'll make you feel well/One problem: no supporting evidence was found.
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Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada J1M 1Z7. sblack@ubishops.ca
D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009812:Odorants; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*