Olfactory disorders are common and affect about one-fifth of the general population. The
main causes of olfactory loss are post viral upper respiratory infection, nasal/sinus disease …

Although referred to in passing in several places, there have been few attempts to specify
the functions of the human olfactory system. This article presents an initial effort at identifying …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Dodd and Persaud introduced the idea of an electronic nose as a device to mimic the
discrimination of the mammalian olfactory system for smells. 1 They used three different …

The axilla, especially its microflora and axillary sweat glands as well as their secretions, is
the main target of cosmetic compositions such as deodorants or antiperspirants. There are …

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 …

Individuals are thought to have their own distinctive scent, analogous to a signature or
fingerprint. To test this idea, we collected axillary sweat, urine and saliva from 197 adults …

Skin conductivity (ie, sweat) forms the basis of many physiology-based emotion and stress
detection systems. However, such systems typically do not detect the biomarkers present in …

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 …

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