Chemical signal in women's tears a turnoff for men

[Mtnjim]

WASHINGTON – If a crying woman’s red nose isn’t a big enough turnoff to a man, a surprising experiment found another reason: Tears of sadness may temporarily lower his testosterone level. Those tears send a chemical signal as the man gets close enough to sniff them — even though there’s no discernible odor, say researchers from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science.

The whole story is at the link below.

Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110106/ap_on_sc/us_sci_tear_signals)

[SteveO]

JVKohl just simultaneously posted in theory section same study

Human Tears Contain a Chemosignal - PheroTalk Pheromone Research Forum

Thanks Jim for posting

[jvkohl]

I hope some people will pay attention to the fact that there are pheromones in the tears of mice, but they become chemosignals if found in human tears. Pheromones in humans? Too animalistic for researchers and journalists these days.

James V. Kohl

Pheromone Cologne and Perfume for Men and Women | Pheromones

@Mtnjim

The whole story is at the link below.

Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110106/ap_on_sc/us_sci_tear_signals)

[Mtnjim]

@jvkohl

… Too animalistic for researchers and journalists these days.

James V. Kohl
http://www.pheromones.com

Of course, we’re not animals, we’re “special”.

[jvkohl]

Thomas, L. (1971) Notes of a biology‑watcher. A fear of pheromones. New England Journal of Medicine, 285, 7, 392‑393.

If ever you have the chance to read this (above), you can see how far ahead of his time he was.

@Mtnjim

Of course, we’re not animals, we’re “special”.