Socially anxious participants were 16 (8 male) students of the University of Kiel (mean age = 21.94 years, SD = 2.05, range = 20–26). All socially anxious participants scored 22 or higher on the SIAS (M = 29.31, SD = 6.07). However, they described themselves as not being depressed (BDI: M = 5.31, SD = 3.20) and reported a medium tendency for being compassionate and cooperative towards others (agreeableness scale of the NEO-FFI: M = 2.45, SD = 0.38). None of them suffered from any physical (self-report) or mental disease (SKID), and none reported using chronic or acute medication. All of them were dextrals, non-smokers and of European origin, and none of them participated previously as sweat donor. No participant had to be excluded due to general hyposmia. All participants gave written, informed consent and were paid for their participation.
