--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/03/15/perspiration.reut/index.html > > Study: Male sweat brightens women's moods <snip> > In a study to be published in the journal Biology of > Reproduction, > researchers collected samples from the underarms of > men who refrained > from using deodorant for four weeks. The extracts > were then blended and >applied to the upper lips of 18 women, aged 25 to 45.
> > The women rated their moods on a fixed scale for a > period of six hours. > The findings suggested something in the perspiration > brightened their > moods and helped them feel less tense. Blood > analyses also showed a rise > in levels of the reproductive luteinizing hormone > that typically surge before ovulation. > > Wysocki, a study co-author, said the research could > point to a "chemical > communication" subtext between the sexes that > enables men and women to > coordinate their reproductive efforts subliminally. <snip> This supports something that women collegues and I had discussed as curious anecdotes: a number of women who normally had irregular menses reported that when they had a steady boyfriend/mate, their cycles became regular. Of course, the cycling of women who live together has been documented: http://www.activeallure.com/Sniffing%20out%20the%20truth.htm "...In 1998, Kathleen Stern and Mary McClintock from the University of Chicago, Illinois, published the first definitive evidence that the reason why women living together synchronise their menstrual cycle must be because they secrete an odourless chemical in their sweat2. More direct evidence of human pheromones was lacking until now..." I think there was prior mention on the list about the vomeronasal (Jacobson's) organ and its possible effects in humans, but here is a short paper, looks to be by a grad student: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~bredelin/vno.html and another very short one about skin extracts causing "friendliness:" http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf090/sf090b06.htm Sweatin' To The Oldies Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
