Sentences with phrase «olfactory cues»

But nobody had studied whether dogs could pick up on olfactory cues from humans.

Cats use olfactory cues (leaving and «reading» odors) as a major form of communication.

Because a habitat may contain related moth species that use the same flowers as nectar sources but different host plants to lay their eggs, the researchers would like to investigate whether odors that provide olfactory cues to identify the best oviposition sites activate similar areas in the antennal lobe of these moths, or whether the functional atlas of the brain is different in each species.

Additionally, female moths also find the best host plants for their offspring via olfactory cues.

But nobody had studied whether dogs could pick up on olfactory cues from humans.

In «Improving the Store Environment: Do Olfactory Cues Affect Evaluations and Behaviors?

The odor of a host plant provides crucial olfactory cues.

«However,» the author adds, «although our results suggest that rhesus macaques are able to distinguish between in - group and out - group individuals based on olfactory cues alone, the recognition of conspecifics might be a more multimodal process also including visual cues or a combination of olfactory and auditory signals.

She added that while investigators are not sure yet how therapeutic approaches would be implemented, having the understanding of how to identify olfactory cues and use the information as part of exposure - based therapy sessions is extremely promising.

Effects of Bax gene deletion on social behaviors and neural response to olfactory cues in mice.

As he drags his rear end, he leaves olfactory cues that tell other ferrets he is claiming this area as his.»

Researchers studied 20 heterosexual women, their dating partners, and a male and female friend of each woman to determine whether women in romantic relationships derogate using olfactory cues (i.e., smell).2 Specifically, researchers asked the partners and women's friends to wear a cotton T - shirt to bed each night for seven nights; the shirts had nursing pads sewn into the armpits of the shirts to capture the «smell» of the T - shirt wearers.

Knowing these larvae respond to odors but not fully understanding the process by which they make decisions via olfactory cues, scientists at UC Santa Barbara are using this model organism to study brain function as it relates to behavior control.

Hamsters rely on olfactory cues (smell) rather than sound and, therefore, it is important so they can detect what is approaching.

One theory goes that they use olfactory cues — how a place smells.

A variety of external signals may help build the snakes» navigation system, including magnetic cues that may help inform the map — as is the case in some sea turtle populations — and magnetic, celestial or olfactory cues that may help establish a compass.

«When the perpetrator and the victim are close to one another, as in crimes of sexual and physical assault, and especially under visually obscure conditions, an olfactory cue may be the prevailing detail.»

The scent of previous elimination sites can function as an olfactory cue for elimination behavior.

Because cats also mark with their facial glands, providing this olfactory cue may cause the cat to switch to a different marking strategy.

As long as there is an olfactory cue (the smell of the urine) the cat will continue to spray.