This study demonstrates, for the first time, that the mammary pheromone helps pups learn
other odorants, says neuropsychologist Peter Brunjes of University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Not exact matches
The problem is that our diet, medications, toiletries and
other factors make it difficult to discern natural scent from manufactured
odorants.
Despite these miniscule variations, the flies showed a consistent preference for one arm of the maze over the
other, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggesting that the flies could tell the difference between the
odorants.
Smell must be triggered, he concluded, by some criteria
other than an
odorant's shape alone.
It was later learned
other propane supplies at the development were missing the required
odorant.