NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY LETTERS
including Psychoneuroimmunology, Neuropsychopharmacology,
Reproductive Medicine, Chronobiology and Human Ethology
ISSN 0172–780X

NEL VOL. 22 No. 5
ABSTRACT
Invited NEL Review
recipients of the
"Zdenek Klein Award for Human Ethology"

2001; 22:309-321
pii: NEL220501R01

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Human Pheromones:
"Integrating Neuroendocrinology and Ethology"
by James V. Kohl*, Michaela Atzmueller, Bernhard Fink & Karl Grammer

*JVK Resources, Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Urban Ethology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Keywords:
human ethology, pheromones, odor, olfaction, human sexuality, sexual selection, mate choice

Submitted: August 6, 2001
Accepted: September 10, 2001

Abstract:

The effect of sensory input on hormones is essential to any explanation of mammalian behavior, including aspects of physical attraction. The chemical signals we send have direct and developmental effects on hormone levels in other people. Since we don't know either if, or how, visual cues might have direct and developmental effects on hormone levels in other people, the biological basis for the development of visually perceived human physical attraction is currently somewhat questionable. In contrast, the biological basis for the development of physical attraction based on chemical signals is well detailed.