[lbo-talk] chuck: article on taste - smell - emotion - memory
Miles Jackson
cqmv at pdx.edu
Fri Jun 13 08:14:10 PDT 2008
shag wrote:
> BTW, i saw something about pheromons -- that this only insects had. was it
> you Chuck? Really? Because there's all these articles in the general press
> -- places like The Atlantic, The New Yorker -- that talk about pheromones
> and studies of humans. anyway, whoever said it was about insects only, I'd
> love more info.
>
I missed that one. Sure, humans produce pheromones. Unlike insect
pheromones, they don't appear to affect human sexual attraction or
attention much. However, they do cause women in close proximity to
synchronize their menstrual cycles.
Miles
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