2004/12/06 by Karl Grammer, Bernhard Fink, Nick Neave +1 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · Computer Science · Engineering · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Actuator #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Attraction #Biology #Camber (aerodynamics) #Computer science #Developmental psychology #Diverse Research and Applications #Downtime #Ecology #Engineering #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Failure mode and effects analysis #Failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis #Failure rate #Lift (data mining) #Management and Optimization Techniques #Medicine #Neuroscience #Olfaction #Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies #Olfactory cues #Olfactory system #Pheromone #Philosophy #Psychology #Reliability and Maintenance Optimization #Reliability engineering #Sex pheromone #Sexual attraction #Sexual behavior #Structural engineering #Zoology
paper · doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.08.010
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Olfactory communication is very common amongst animals, and since the discovery of an accessory olfactory system in humans, possible human olfactory communication has gained considerable scientific interest. The importance of the human sense of smell has by far been underestimated in the past. Humans and other primates have been regarded as primarily 'optical animals' with highly developed powers of vision but a relatively undeveloped sense of smell. In recent years this assumption has undergone major revision. Several studies indicate that humans indeed seem to use olfactory communication and are even able to produce and perceive certain pheromones; recent studies have found that pheromones may play an important role in the behavioural and reproduction biology of humans. In this article we review the present evidence of the effect of human pheromones and discuss the role of olfactory cues in human sexual behaviour.