Lagrimas
04-28-2005, 02:11 PM
It's been a while since
I've posted here... I'd like to get back into this forum though. However, there have been some things on my mind
about pheromones...
First, can someone give me some links online to studies that dealt specifically with human
subjects, the pheromones that are in the products sold here and attraction? I think I remember seeing some links
like this before when I read the forum more often but they weren't very common. I tried doing some searching on the
forum but couldn't find them. I also tried doing some searching on journal search sites like PubMed, but couldn't
find anything really.
Most of what I see here is basically people giving testimonies to how the products work
and I find this type of evidence very weak. Who knows what these people's experiences could have been attributed
to. A couple of decades ago, people were obsessed with subconscious self-improvement tapes. Basically, you listened
to a tape and there would be a message that you couldn't make out but which your subconscious supposedly picked up
on. This apparently would change you. The catalogs for these products had pages and pages of real testimonies from
people claiming that the tapes really worked and that they changed their lives. When scientific studies were done,
however, it was found that the tapes had no effect whatsoever besides the effect of giving the person more
confidence in that they had something which would "help" them get better at whatever it was they needed to get
better at.
So, my point is, I would like to see some studies that deal specifically with the human pheromones
and attraction. Something along the lines of rating pictures by attractiveness, etc. with while smelling certain
pheromones. I believe this type of study was done before, but does anyone have a link to some articles?
Please
don't give articles concerning animal pheromones or pheromones and anything besides attraction because this
doesn't really apply to what I'm getting at. Also, I would greatly prefer scientific studies from journals written
by the scientists who did the research than articles written by non-scientists for general consumption.
If any
of you could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it. And if you have any comments on what I've said or any of
your readings of scientific studies on human attractiveness and pheromones, please let me know here, as well.
Thanks!
I've posted here... I'd like to get back into this forum though. However, there have been some things on my mind
about pheromones...
First, can someone give me some links online to studies that dealt specifically with human
subjects, the pheromones that are in the products sold here and attraction? I think I remember seeing some links
like this before when I read the forum more often but they weren't very common. I tried doing some searching on the
forum but couldn't find them. I also tried doing some searching on journal search sites like PubMed, but couldn't
find anything really.
Most of what I see here is basically people giving testimonies to how the products work
and I find this type of evidence very weak. Who knows what these people's experiences could have been attributed
to. A couple of decades ago, people were obsessed with subconscious self-improvement tapes. Basically, you listened
to a tape and there would be a message that you couldn't make out but which your subconscious supposedly picked up
on. This apparently would change you. The catalogs for these products had pages and pages of real testimonies from
people claiming that the tapes really worked and that they changed their lives. When scientific studies were done,
however, it was found that the tapes had no effect whatsoever besides the effect of giving the person more
confidence in that they had something which would "help" them get better at whatever it was they needed to get
better at.
So, my point is, I would like to see some studies that deal specifically with the human pheromones
and attraction. Something along the lines of rating pictures by attractiveness, etc. with while smelling certain
pheromones. I believe this type of study was done before, but does anyone have a link to some articles?
Please
don't give articles concerning animal pheromones or pheromones and anything besides attraction because this
doesn't really apply to what I'm getting at. Also, I would greatly prefer scientific studies from journals written
by the scientists who did the research than articles written by non-scientists for general consumption.
If any
of you could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it. And if you have any comments on what I've said or any of
your readings of scientific studies on human attractiveness and pheromones, please let me know here, as well.
Thanks!