What Are Pheromones? Everything You Need To Know
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0:00 Introduction
0:42 Functions of Pheromones
2:03 Types of Pheromones
A pheromone (from Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) 'to bear', and hormone) is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting like hormones outside the body of the secreting individual, to affect the behavior of the receiving individuals.[1] There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology. Pheromones are used by many organisms, from basic unicellular prokaryotes to complex multicellular eukaryotes.[2] Their use among insects has been particularly well documented. In addition, some vertebrates, plants and ciliates communicate by using pheromones. The ecological functions and evolution of pheromones are a major topic of research in the field of chemical ecology.
The portmanteau word "pheromone" was coined by Peter Karlson and Martin Lüscher in 1959, based on the Greek φερω pheroo ('I carry') and ὁρμων hormon ('stimulating').[3] Pheromones are also sometimes classified as ecto-hormones. They were researched earlier by various scientists, including Jean-Henri Fabre, Joseph A. Lintner, Adolf Butenandt, and ethologist Karl von Frisch who called them various names, like for instance "alarm substances". These chemical messengers are transported outside of the body and affect neurocircuits, including the autonomous nervous system with hormone or cytokine mediated physiological changes, inflammatory signaling, immune system changes and/or behavioral change in the recipient.[4] They proposed the term to describe chemical signals from conspecifics that elicit innate behaviors soon after the German biochemist Adolf Butenandt had characterized the first such chemical, bombykol, a chemically well-characterized pheromone released by the female silkworm to attract mates.[5]
Aggregation pheromones function in mate choice, overcoming host resistance by mass attack, and defense against predators. A group of individuals at one location is referred to as an aggregation, whether consisting of one sex or both sexes. Male-produced sex attractants have been called aggregation pheromones, because they usually result in the arrival of both sexes at a calling site and increase the density of conspecifics surrounding the pheromone source. Most sex pheromones are produced by the females; only a small percentage of sex attractants are produced by males.[6] Aggregation pheromones have been found in members of the Coleoptera, Collembola,[7] Diptera, Hemiptera, Dictyoptera, and Orthoptera. In recent decades, aggregation pheromones have proven useful in the management of many pests, such as the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis), the pea and bean weevil (Sitona lineatus, and stored product weevils (e.g. Sitophilus zeamais, Sitophilus granarius, and Sitophilus oryzae). Aggregation pheromones are among the most ecologically selective pest suppression methods. They are non-toxic and effective at very low concentrations.[8]
great video! Wyatt (2020) states that previous research on chemical communication regarding sexual attraction effects of pheromones has produced many false positives because the studies “assume that the molecules [androstadienone and estratetraenol] are sex-differentiated ‘putative human pheromones', despite this never having been properly demonstrated.” He says “our understanding of olfaction as a sense has lagged behind the senses of vision and hearing so the unknowns may be greater [84,106,107].” and he goes on to conclude that “it is likely that chemical cues are important in our behaviour and that humans may have pheromones, but new approaches will be needed to reliably demonstrate them.”
That they DON'T effect humans is complete BS!
Yes it is!
Right!! He even contradicted himself or itself. Sounds a little robot like. But time stamp 0:24-0:29. But then later on we're not effected at all. How do women sync cycles?
@@josiahwilliams1441women don't sync menstrual cycles. That's a very outdated myth.
They do work! I make way more tips when I wear it
I disagree about humans
I feel Iv been subject to them or maybe it was just a response to the smell of a female “not perfume “
But I literally get a euphoric state of feeling to the point I feel withdrawal.
I don’t know if it’s pheromones but I pictured it being the cause …
Its not the cause, thats just an emotional response to the human connection. And positive memories linked to smells and mixtures of smells, even if subtle, can 100% do that to the human brain! ✨The more you know 🌠