front 1 Pheromone | back 1 A chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal that affects the behavior or physiology of others of its own species
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front 2 Primary Types of Pheromones | back 2 Primer and Signaling Pheromones |
front 3 Primer Pheromones | back 3 Cause slow, long-term physiological changes such as hormonal effects |
front 4 Signaling Pheromones | back 4 Produces rapid behavioral effects, such as mating |
front 5 Location | back 5 In animals, pheromones are believed to be detected primarily by the vomeronasal organ (VNO); a region adjacent to the olfactory bulb.
It is hypothesized that human pheromones are detected and processed in the olfactory bulbs within the brain
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front 6 Possible Pheromones | back 6 Yet to find direct evidence that human pheromones exist Androstadienenone: found in male armpit sweat and semen. which has been associated with physiological arousal in females |
front 7 Criticisms | back 7
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front 8 Study Used | back 8 Wedekind et al (1995): Sweaty t-shirt Study |