I'm very interested to understand, before I spend any money on these types of products - is a person who had their olfactory nerve severed affected by pheromones?

I sure hope so!

Thanks for any input provided.

Possibly, possibly not. We still don't really know for sure exactly how pheromones are processed. It's pretty well agreed that it's not through the VNO, but whether they are sensed by the Olfactory Bulb, a possible Nerve Zero, some other mechanism or potentially even a combination thereof is really not known at this point.

Your best bet is to start out with a small purchase and try for yourself, and I would definitely be interested in hearing about your experiences, or reactions from whom you are targeting.

(03-04-2013 9:33 AM)aimless9 Wrote:  I'm very interested to understand, before I spend any money on these types of products - is a person who had their olfactory nerve severed affected by pheromones?

I sure hope so!

Thanks for any input provided.

Does this apply to yourself? That'd be a wonderful experiment. My bet is very strongly with mones still working, though a small fraction of the effect may be the olfactory cue. Stuff I can't smell certainly still impacts me. As Mark notes, the formal scientific opinion is strongly divided, so my beliefs are my own.

Thanks very much Mark

(03-04-2013 2:02 PM)wiserd Wrote:  Does this apply to yourself? That'd be a wonderful experiment. My bet is very strongly with mones still working, though a small fraction of the effect may be the olfactory cue. Stuff I can't smell certainly still impacts me. As Mark notes, the formal scientific opinion is strongly divided, so my beliefs are my own.

Not me (yes that WOULD be a great experiment), but my boyfriend. anosmia occurred after traumatic injury to the head in his 30s or 40s. He has a working sense of taste (lots of salt though) but smell is at absolute zero. It's hard for me to imagine, and though I was shocked, concerned, upon learning about this, he tries to play it down. Since it's such a hidden disability, there must be many (not around here, I'm sure!!) who dismiss it as not as important as the other 4 senses. Of course, I disagree.

aimless

It'd still be a wonderful experiment. Guinea pigs are Guinea pigs.

(03-06-2013 10:09 PM)wiserd Wrote:  It'd still be a wonderful experiment. Guinea pigs are Guinea pigs.

If I decide to try it out on him - it wouldn't have good controls in the sense that I have zero experience with the use of them, but I can 'study up', try some (or enough to validate it worked/didn't) and report back.

One certainty (at least initially) is that he will definitely NOT be an informed participant.

(rubs hands together)
aimless

Hehe, sounds like an ideal test subject. No "what stinks!?!" Comments haha


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