PSY395H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dentate Gyrus, Sex Pheromone, Preoptic Area
27 Nov 2015
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Our instincts prime us to choose mate that is diff to our immune system so children has best chance of fighting illness. Women were tested for 6 genes that compose their immune system. If all six of your genes matches there"s, their smell would be unappealing to you b/c children would be less likely. If only one or two match, will finds smell attractive, children would be naturally healthy. smellier it is, the more similar the woman"s genes are to the other woman. If more genetically similar, tend to not be attracted to them and conveyed through smell. Emerged in early 90s, lots of replication on this on both gender and have preferences for pheromones. If different hormones activate different areas in brain. The less the similarity in genes, the more adaptive. And: a pheromone like compound that males pro"d. Both are rel"t to androgen and estrogen.
