News tagged with odor perception

A woman's nose knows body odor

It may be wise to trust the female nose when it comes to body odor. According to new research from the Monell Center, it is more difficult to mask underarm odor when women are doing the smelling.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Why King Kong failed to impress

Humans have the same receptors for detecting odors related to sex as do other apes and primates. But each species uses them in different ways, stemming from the way the genes for these receptors have evolved over time, according ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taste, odor intervention improves cancer therapy

Cancer and its therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, may directly alter and damage taste and odor perception, possibly leading to patient malnutrition, and in severe cases, significant morbidity, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0