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    Default Smells and intelligent animals

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    published last month:

    Gottfried, J. A. (2007). What can an orbitofrontal cortex-endowed animal do with

    smells? Ann N Y Acad Sci., 1121, 102-120.



    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum

    "Findings such as these indicate that the pairing of a sensory stimulus (the

    conditioned stimulus, or CS+) with an emotionally charged event (the unconditioned stimulus, or UCS) is sufficient

    to modulate neural representations of the original sensory input. In turn these learning-dependent changes in

    sensory coding may underlie subsequent modifications in sensory perception."

    As I indicated in my last

    published article/book chapter, what we see in the presence of pheromones can subsequently elicit the same response

    as the pheromones elicited--even when the pheromones are no longer part of the picture. It's difficult for people

    to realize that their response to what they see is conditioned by their sense of smell--especially when they don't

    "smell" the pheromones.

    Simply put, I could take the "right" pheromones and make someone respond to another

    person more positively, based on their conditioned response to the natural scent signature of other people they have

    encountered during the development of their sexual preferences.

    James V. Kohl
    The Scent of

    Eros

    Discussion on this topic can be found by

    clicking here.
    Last edited by oscar; 01-13-2008 at 06:59 AM. Reason: Inserting Link

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