Pheromones and Human Attraction

What are pheromones?

How are pheromones detected?

The identification of pheromones

There are different types of pheromones

Animal behavioral and physiological responses

Animal behavioral and physiological responses #2

Animal behavioral and physiological responses #3

Why do we think humans have pheromones?

Evidence of human pheromones: menstrual cycles

Evidence of human pheromones: menstrual cycles #2

Human behavioral and physiological studies

Where are human pheromones secreted?

So where are the VNO & AOB?

A sixth sense?

What is the location and structure of the VNO?

What types of cells line the VNO duct?

Cells of the VNO

How does the VNO detect pheremones?

Where does the VN nerve go?

What does AOB signal, then?

What structures in the brain are activated by pheromones?

What is the evolutionary advantage?

What is the evolutionary advantage? #2

Future applications of pheromone research

Hey! Doesn’t it matter that we’re human?