The smelly mystery of the human pheromone | Tristram Wyatt
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2014
- Do our smells make us sexy? Popular science suggests yes - pheromones send chemical signals about sex and attraction from our armpits. But, despite what you might have heard, there is no conclusive research confirming that humans have these smell molecules. In this eye-opening talk, zoologist Tristram Wyatt explains the fundamental flaws in current pheromone research, and shares his hope for a future that unlocks the fascinating, potentially life-saving knowledge tied up in our scent.
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It's crazy that we know the temperature of distant stars but we know so little about human sexuality. It's almost as if we are a bunch of 10 year olds.
Interesting. There are several men that experience more attraction from women by increasing their testosterone levels in relation to strength training. Would have been interesting to see if this has an effect on the secretion of "smell" molecules in the body, in addition to making it more masculine.
This is not so much a mystery to people like myself. I'm one of those who scent female pheremones. The effect on me is on a sliding scale of sexual arousal or disgust. The scent is not from the armpits but from the woman's genitals, especially left hairy but not essential. It varies considerably in strength to my perception. When I was in my 20's and 30s, I would scent a variety of pheremones strongly, typically on a first spring warm day when women choose to wear a little less. There are rare women who make me just want to close my eyes and inhale through my nose in bliss, these women are outliers but the phenomenon is so strong that I look for the evolutionary rationale. I don't think it's simply an absence of deodorant or ovulation. I chose a flatmate like that many years ago and the effect was uninterrupted from her. My theory is that it ties into instinct. We are woefully ignorant of how instinct works but if you follow Luca Turin's work on scent then you will know that scent is based on vibration, not shape of molecules. My theory is that our mitochondria co-evolved to pass instincts through the bottleneck of conception independently of human DNA and that their communications with each other extends bidirectionally from them to our axons and other nerve cells, they are our co-evolved symbiont. Possibly those few outlier women I've met, that was instinctual attraction passed to me through my ancestors in a mitochondrial equivalent of the Bene Gesserit breeding program as in the book Dune. In which case I bred poorly. Maybe it's simpler for moths. I still scent pheremones readily but as mentioned, sampling opportunities require consent.
Last I heard Napoleon wrote that don't wash thing so he'd know if she had been faithful while he was gone...
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As a dentist I really enjoyed this TedTalk by @TristramWyatt“The smelly mystery of the human pheromone" and wondered how all this all applies to bad breath. Howard Farran DDS, MBA
I just went on two dates with a guy that is quite nice physically, but as soon as I met him he smelled like he left his clothes had been sitting in a washing machine for 4 days . I couldn’t get past his smell . I met up a second time and he smelled musty, pungent again ..:(... I can’t find myself attracted to him because of his smell I don’t know what to do . I mean I find it a real turn off
He make me fall asleep.... Just like one of my college professor....
MMM, DELICIOUS SOAP.
There was a Chinese romantic film about pheromone. It's about attraction between females and males, a little bit interesting!!! I watched the film several years ago.
I found that the aluminum used in the "white" antiperspirant deodorants actually causes the pores in the armpit to build up the stank pheromones, which is why I switched to clear deodorant.
This TED talk taught me that "secrete" and "secretion" are incredibly unsexy words, even when used in the context of breasts and nipples.
This was an astonishingly interesting TED talk! Thank you for uploading! :)
Lots of men notice an increase in attention from women when they abstain from ejaculation for at least a week, perhaps this is down to pheromones?
Pheromones might be more important than just stimulating sexual desire.
Wonder how far we’ve come in the 8 years since this talk
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enjoyed the voice
I really enjoyed this video... Thank you
Great video! very informative