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Researchers Claim Pheromones Trigger Brain Cell Growth

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the crack-open-the-smelling-smarts dept.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that pheromones could enable the growth of new brain cells. "Pheromone signals from dominant males spark new brain cells in their female partners and could help repair injured brains, suggests a new study by a University of Calgary neuroscientist. Sam Weiss's findings, in the July issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience, provide evidence that pheromones -- subtle chemical signatures that influence mating behavior -- can control stem cells in the brain."

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  1. Kinky! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pheromone signals from dominant males spark new brain cells in their female partners and could help repair injured brains
    Dominant males and their female partners? Hmmmmmmmm, yeah. BDSM is fun! ^_^
  2. Oh really now? by Icarus1919 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's funny, I generally find that people become dumber when pheromones are involved.

    1. Re:Oh really now? by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 2, Funny

      New pickup line: "Come on baby, stay the night and I'll make you smarter."

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      It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
    2. Re:Oh really now? by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ergo, you must not be a dominant male.

    3. Re:Oh really now? by vought · · Score: 1, Funny

      That's funny, I generally find that people become dumber when pheromones are involved.


      No kidding. That bitch in accounting who wears tons of perfume seems to think she's the smartest woman alive.

    4. Re:Oh really now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      "Pheromone signals from dominant males spark new brain cells in their female partners and could help repair injured brains..."

      "Hey Barbie, your brain still hurtin' from doin' that hard math? Well move a little closer..."

  3. That's why I by goombah99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    sniff bicycle seats. Honest. Brain growth

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    Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
  4. Unfortunately, you're not going to find by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    many dominant males here.

  5. Re:Pheromone signals from dominant males by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    so thats us all ruled out

    What about winners of the obfusicated Perl contests?....nevermind

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    Table-ized A.I.
  6. Yet another loser nerd pickup line by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah baby! Do you wanna smell my underarm??

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    Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
    1. Re:Yet another loser nerd pickup line by catwh0re · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your Honour, it's evolutionary proof that you're supposed to hit them on the head and drag em back to your cave. See the article; they're built for it!

  7. Sooo... by Khyber · · Score: 3, Funny

    what would be the effects in same-sex couples? Would be nice to know if this worked, then I could go to my submissive hubby and go "take a whiff, you'll get smarter!"

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    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
  8. So the truth is finally revealed... by SixDimensionalArray · · Score: 4, Funny

    Glad to lay this ages old argument to rest.. women are actually smarter than men.. but because men's pheromones make them that way?!?!

    I sense a disturbance in the force! It's as if a million feminists shouted out at once and were suddenly silenced, if not utterly confused!

    SixD

  9. Cell growth != smarter by The+Orange+Mage · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Pheromone signals from dominant males spark new brain cells in their female partners and could help repair injured brains, suggests a new study by a University of Calgary neuroscientist. This goes against known logic, as battered women almost ALWAYS stay with the abusive man, regardless of all logic.
    1. Re:Cell growth != smarter by Joebert · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's because in those situations, the male is actually emitting Fearomones.

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      Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
  10. It all makes sense by ls671 · · Score: 3, Funny

    According to the bible, God created Adam and Eve was created from Adam's rib. Now, God had to find a way to put brain cells in Eve's head ;-)

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    Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
  11. So The Cure For Alzheimer's Is... by Petersko · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...regular attendance at WWE events!

    Who woulda thunk it?

  12. Guys: For the sake of women's brains . . . by StefanJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    . . . DON'T SHOWER!