OLFACTORY SUBLIMINAL PERCEPTION OF HUMAN PHEROMONE-LIKE SUBSTANCES
Authors Vincenzo Rialdi , Maddalena Donetti , Stefano Dorato
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Tags olfaction, lang_en, copuline, pheromones, vomeronasal, odour
Olfaction is the most primitive and oldest sensing system; its route to the brain is the most direct and interconnections between the olfactory and limbus system further the formation of associations between odours and events.
Recent studies have brought to light the capability of the accessory olfactory system to capture, through the vomeronasal organ, odourless pheromonic copulines that may affect our behaviour, thus corroborating the predictions of our researchers in the '70s regarding the olfactory system, natural biologic odours and human interrelations. In our society, the utilization of detergents, deodorants and perfumes to eliminate or at least mask body odours has caused at the same time the loss of pheromonic molecules which, at subliminal level, ensure a natural interpersonal exchange of information between individuals belonging to the same species.
Thus, olfaction plays an important role in interindividual relationships as is proven by the fact that mother and child recognize each other already at an early stage by their subliminal biologic odour constituent or the fact that some adults can recognize their sexual partner by the subliminal biologic odour constituent of his or her clothes.
It seems therefore advisable to integrate these products with a biological odour to achieve a better humanization since decoding of the sociobiological olfactory message which, in man and in primates is transmitted through the cortical system, would otherwise become impossible.
As said before, as from 1978 our laboratories have made an in-depth study of this research sector so that we can now confirm the importance of biological odours in human interrelations dynamics, as resulting from independent experimental research which confirms the assumed close relation existing among the olfactory, enocrine and reproduction systems.
The selective and integrated male and female copulines obtained in our laboratories are an important guidance tool for social, sexual and individual behaviour, when used in cosmetic and personal care products.