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Pheromones - Coggle Diagram

- - - - in mammals it affects mating behavior
      - e.g. a male rhesus monkey will ignore romantic attention of a female if there is no pheromones signalling fertility
- - - - one mixed with Androstadienone
        
        made participants attracted to males perceive the stick figure as masculine
      - 2nd one mixed with Estratetraenol
        
        made participants attracted to females perceive the stick figure as feminine
      - last one on its own
  - - - however this concluded that AND & EST do not act as signals of gender
  - - - first they used their own aftershave for 2 weeks
      - after two weeks the researcher added etanol or pheromone with etanol in the aftershave
      - were instructed to use a behavioral calendar
      - 47% of the participants reported an increase in the amount of sexual intercourse
      - increased the attractiveness of men to women