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The Skin Is ‘an Extension’ of the Brain: PhD Trials Identifies Influential Space Surrounding Skin as the ‘Emossome’ via Cosmetics Design-Europe

Portugal-based contract research firm PhD Trials has found that the environmental space surrounding the skin can influence sensorial response and induce neural activity, creating exciting promise for cosmetics.

Presenting its research at this year’s IFSCC Congress in London, UK, last month, PhD Trials said it had named the space surrounding the skin and this concept the ‘emossome’.

A series of sensorial studies had shown that the skin, and more importantly its surrounding space,  was a recipient of environmental influences that could also trigger specific emotional states.

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