Why happiness is infectious: you can actually smell joy

KEY

Question 1

a.     False. “Although chemosignalling had previously been shown to convey fear and disgust, little was known about how it related to positive emotions.”

b.    False. “For their study, they collected the sweat of 'sender' participants in happy, fearful and neutral states.”

c.     True. “Our findings suggest that not only a negative state, but also a positive state (happiness) can be transferred by means of odours."

d.    True. “Happiness …………………..broadens attention to inspire creative ideas.”

Question 2

a.     They have discovered that the smell our body produces when we are happy can pass this feeling on to other people.

b.    Happiness has a positive effect to our body systems; it neutralizes the harm caused by negative feelings and it also improves our attention and creativity.

Question 3

a.     Joyful

b.    Convey / to convey

c.     Subtle

d.    Restores / to restore

e.     Broadens / to broaden

Question 4

a.     The researchers said that their findings suggested that not only a negative state, but also a positive state (happiness) could be transferred by means of odours.

b.    Happiness is said to be contagious.

c.     If the “receivers” hadn’t been hooked up to an electromyograph, the scientists couldn’t have measured the activity in their facial muscles.