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EXCERPTS: Pheromones are often used to explain why you’re attracted to someone [...] Except there’s no proof that they exist. Though pheromones are a well-accepted part of the cultural love lexicon, they don’t have much by way of scientific backing.
Not in human beings, at least. Pheromones certainly play a role for ants, who use them to navigate the world, and for mice, who use them to separate friend from foe. They’re a way for animals to communicate with one another using chemical signals. [...] But when it comes to people, the evidence is decidedly more shaky. We don’t really know whether human pheromones exist at all...
That’s not to say that scientists-and marketers-haven’t tried to convince us otherwise. Eager to bottle up a love potion to sell to hapless singles, there are ample dubious studies on the topic [...] Rigorous testing has shored up even more uncertainty on the topic. ... that doesn’t mean that human pheromones are a Harlequin romance fantasy. It might just be that we haven’t found the right ones yet... (MORE - details)
EXCERPTS: Pheromones are often used to explain why you’re attracted to someone [...] Except there’s no proof that they exist. Though pheromones are a well-accepted part of the cultural love lexicon, they don’t have much by way of scientific backing.
Not in human beings, at least. Pheromones certainly play a role for ants, who use them to navigate the world, and for mice, who use them to separate friend from foe. They’re a way for animals to communicate with one another using chemical signals. [...] But when it comes to people, the evidence is decidedly more shaky. We don’t really know whether human pheromones exist at all...
That’s not to say that scientists-and marketers-haven’t tried to convince us otherwise. Eager to bottle up a love potion to sell to hapless singles, there are ample dubious studies on the topic [...] Rigorous testing has shored up even more uncertainty on the topic. ... that doesn’t mean that human pheromones are a Harlequin romance fantasy. It might just be that we haven’t found the right ones yet... (MORE - details)