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Facts, fallacies, fears, and frustrations with human pheromones
Charles J. Wysocki 1 2 *, George Preti 1 3
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania3Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
email: Charles J. Wysocki (wysocki@monell.org)
*Correspondence to Charles J. Wysocki, Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
...In a broader perspective, pheromones can be classified as primers, signalers, modulators, and releasers. There is good evidence to support the presence of the former three in humans. Examples include affects on the menstrual cycle (primer effects); olfactory recognition of newborn by its mother (signaler); individuals may exude different odors based on mood (suggestive of modulator effects). However, there is no good evidence for releaser effects in adult humans. It is emphasized that no bioassay-guided study has led to the isolation of true human pheromones, a step that will elucidate specific functions to human chemical signals...
Facts, fallacies, fears, and frustrations with human pheromones
Charles J. Wysocki 1 2 *, George Preti 1 3
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania3Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
email: Charles J. Wysocki (wysocki@monell.org)
*Correspondence to Charles J. Wysocki, Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
...In a broader perspective, pheromones can be classified as primers, signalers, modulators, and releasers. There is good evidence to support the presence of the former three in humans. Examples include affects on the menstrual cycle (primer effects); olfactory recognition of newborn by its mother (signaler); individuals may exude different odors based on mood (suggestive of modulator effects). However, there is no good evidence for releaser effects in adult humans. It is emphasized that no bioassay-guided study has led to the isolation of true human pheromones, a step that will elucidate specific functions to human chemical signals...
Modern studies of human pheromones had also suggested that those with higher volumes of pheromones significantly impact their interaction with the opposite sex, which is why men with higher volumes, or secretion, of pheromones is said to attract more women than those that produces lesser volumes of pheromones. This also works among women who can attract more men than others.
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