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scents determining sex appeal
Slick:
For the record, the article is not about pheromones, but scents, which are kind of different. Pheromones are often abused in pop-science and science fiction, but they aren't what this study is about.
I also think what Jimmy said was that smell is better at triggering emotional/nostalgic responses than regular conditioning because of how it is tied in with the limbic system. It produces responses that we don't immediately intellectually recognize as being something since our smell isn't nearly as fine-tuned as our vision and hearing. So, yes, it is conditioning, but it hits you emotionally and kind of sub-consciously.
I personally find scent to be incredibly powerful at bringing back memories, specifically sad and melancholy ones. I had to find paths that avoided walking past one lady's cubicle at work because of her perfume, else I'd feel like crap while we ate lunch.
Smell obviously doesn't always work, though.
And remember that while you read the article, it is an article about someone's research, not the person's research. I think it is not balderdash, though it's importance may have been overplayed.
Boro_Bandito:
stay away from pheromones, and sex panther while we're at it.
Wash and be clean, smell nice and people will talk to you, smell bad and they'll make fun of you and not talk to you.
Johnny C:
I dunno dude, I was pretty sweaty around the time of this photo and as you can see I am a total stud.
Boro_Bandito:
at that moment your overpowering sense of rock far outweighed a little bit of B.O.
duh.
Slick:
That guy standing next to you is obviously dry like <awful mom joke stricken> because he is all kinds of not-rock.
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