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PRESENTING A SCIENTIFIC STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES:
THE INFLUENCE OF PHEROMONES ON BRAIN ACTIVITY
At the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław, a study was conducted on non-smoking, heterosexual women. The aim of the research was to examine how inhaling Androstadienone — a male pheromone — affects brain function.

We present the results of the study carried out at the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław, demonstrating the impact of human pheromones on the human brain.

Brain activity was studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Each participant was placed inside a specialized device that scanned the brain in real time. During the experiment, pheromone molecules were administered intranasally through a special applicator. The researchers analyzed changes in the brains of the participants who inhaled the pheromones.

The study revealed that inhaling pheromones reduces the activity of the brain’s frontal lobe — the region responsible for rational thinking and for verifying our emotional responses.

Dr. habil. Michał Dzięcioł, Associate Professor, University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław:
“The limbic system, which is a very primitive part of the brain, reacts spontaneously — it is responsible for fight-or-flight responses. Suggestions regarding our behavior are verified in the frontal lobe of the brain. And these centers (the frontal lobe) were inhibited under the influence of the substance we administered.

Exposure to this type of substance may limit the ability to think rationally, to plan properly, and may cause a person to become more susceptible to suggestion and more prone to spontaneous actions.” The results were presented at the conference “Influence of human putative sex pheromones on brain activity monitored by fMRI.”