Title: The great pheromone myth /
Authors: Doty, Richard L.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Pheromones.; Mammals Physiology; Mammals physiology; Pheromones
Abstract: "For more than 50 years, researchers ... have identified pheromones as the triggers for a wide range of mammalian behaviors and endocrine responses. In this book, [author] rejects this idea and states bluntly that, in contrast to insects, mammals do not have pheromones. ... [book title] directly challenges ideas about the role chemicals play in mammalian behavior and reproductive processes."--Book jacket.
Contents: Introduction -- What is a mammalian pheromone? -- Mammals are not insects -- Scent marking -- The elusive snarks : case studies of nonhuman mammalian "releasing" pheromones -- The elusive snarks : case studies of nonhuman mammalian "priming" pheromones -- Human pheromones -- Implications.