Paradoxically, although humans have a superb sense of smell, they don't trust their nose.
Furthermore, although human odorant detection thresholds are very low, only unusually …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Chemosignals and Reproduction” Across phyla,
chemosensory communication is crucial for mediating a variety of social behaviors, which …

Can humans communicate emotional states via chemical signals? In the experiment
reported here, we addressed this question by examining the function of chemosignals in a …

Emotional tearing is a poorly understood behavior that is considered uniquely human. In
mice, tears serve as a chemosignal. We therefore hypothesized that human tears may …

The testosterone derivative 4, 16-androstadien-3-one (AND) and the estrogen-like steroid
estra-1, 3, 5 (10), 16-tetraen-3-ol (EST) are candidate compounds for human pheromones …

Alarm substances are airborne chemical signals, released by an individual into the
environment, which communicate emotional stress between conspecifics. Here we tested …

It is well known that feelings of happiness transfer between individuals through mimicry
induced by vision and hearing. The evidence is inconclusive, however, as to whether …

The progesterone derivative 4, 16-androstadien-3-one (AND) and the estrogen-like steroid
estra-1, 3, 5, 16-tetraen-3-ol (EST) are candidate compounds for human pheromones. In …

How migratory birds can navigate home from their wintering grounds to their breeding sites
over hundreds and thousands of kilometres has been an admired mystery over more than a …

Aromatherapy is an anecdotal method for modifying sleep and mood. However, whether
olfactory exposure to essential oils affects night‐time objective sleep remains untested …