Are There Really Human Pheromones?

By Author: Cecil Norris
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What exactly are human pheromones? A pheromone is a signal derived from chemistry that instigates a natural response in a member of the same species. There are many different pheromones, such as alarm pheromones, and food pheromones, along with many others. However, the one that most people are interested in is the sex pheromones.

Aggression pheromones are used in defense when predators are around. Animals that aren't even in the same area seem to know when danger is around. Arguably, this is because of the scent received by pheromones. Releaser pheromones seem to be able to attract organisms from a distance of at least two miles. Primer pheromones seem to send signals that say to change behavior. An example of this would be when cows all decide to lie down at the same time. Trail pheromones are used by ants to mark their area, where all the other ants gather. Another one we may be familiar with and don't know it, is the information pheromones. This is when dogs or cats leave their scent to mark their ...
... territory. Sex pheromones in animals indicate that it is time for the female to breed.

You may wonder what all this has to do with human pheromones. Well, many people, including famous scientists and doctors do not believe in human pheromones. This is why we have to study the behavior of other species in order to be sure human pheromones really do exist. The best indication that there are possibly human pheromones is recognized in the following study: This study involved a group of women in a dormitory setting. These women were all exposed to a whiff of each other's perspiration. Believers in the pheromone philosophy found that this whiff caused each woman's menstrual cycle to speed up or slow down to where eventually their menstrual cycles coincided with each other. This also happens in offices where women work, it seems that their cycles always seem to be within a days cycle of each other. For whatever the reason, these things happen and who knows if it is pheromones or not.


Cecil Norris writes and publishes articles on health and other natural alternatives. Her current blog discusses an extraordinary subject called "pheromones". Read on to discover more about pheromones and its effects on humans.