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michael
on from the smells-like-teen-spirit dept.
wiredog writes: "The Washington Post reports on a Swedish study (PDF format) that demonstrates evidence for the existence of human pheromones." The real stuff, not the advertised-in-spam-email frauds.
Well, I was beaten to the comment about the Simpson's episode...
I assume that the subjects in this experiment were heterosexual. As research on this continues, it would be interesting to include homosexual subjects. Of course, the people who claim to be able to "cure" homosexuality would then add noseplugs to their list of tools...:)
As the article mentions, humans are a bit more complicated than some of the animals that have immediate responses to pheremones. The physical appearance usually plays a role for us, and things like perfume can certainly have an influence (and if they're wearing too much of it, can drive you away). But it does make you wonder if some people are cranking out large quantities of pheremones - these are the people who arouse desires in everyone they meet, regardless of whether or not they match that person's physical ideals.
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Well, I was beaten to the comment about the Simpson's episode...
:)
I assume that the subjects in this experiment were heterosexual. As research on this continues, it would be interesting to include homosexual subjects. Of course, the people who claim to be able to "cure" homosexuality would then add noseplugs to their list of tools...
As the article mentions, humans are a bit more complicated than some of the animals that have immediate responses to pheremones. The physical appearance usually plays a role for us, and things like perfume can certainly have an influence (and if they're wearing too much of it, can drive you away). But it does make you wonder if some people are cranking out large quantities of pheremones - these are the people who arouse desires in everyone they meet, regardless of whether or not they match that person's physical ideals.