what are examples of non-verbal olfactory communication?
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smell....although communication by smell is hard....auditory? kind of a weird Q
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it's called the process of diffusion. as a smell spreads out its molecules use the air molecules to move away as gas molecules are so free. soon there is very little atoms of the fart smell left that it is unsmellable to the human nose although it's never truly gone!
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Studies show that Olfactory perception, or the sense of smell appears to be practically nonexistent during sleep.  The studies were done to prove the necessity of SMOKE DETECTORS because the auditory sense does respond during sleep.  Based on the results of the study I imagine the fact that the sense of smell sleeps when we do has something to do with people not sneezing.
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Either puppy breath.\nOr.\nThe smell of a guy's cologne... as long as it's not that cheap crap or he's smothered in it.
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sniff some pepper or pluck a nose hair
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assuming the fart represents the plane pressure disturbance as described by Isaac Newton in Proposition 49 of Book Two of the Principia, and it decelerates before reaching the point of emmision and accelerates after the pulse pressure leaves the medium....it is therefore theoretically possible for the olfactory system to be foremost involved before hearing the outburst(F1-F2=P0V0 (V0-V1). Naturally consideration must be made to what was eaten prior to this determination.\n\nREFERENCE:WWW.Mathpages.com/Kmath109
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Yes they really do work here is a great article that explains a study that was done recently. I'm not sure about artifical phermones. You might want to email the people who did this study to find out more. Sorry.\n\n\n\n  When a Woman Smells Best\nBy Sara Goudarzi\nSpecial to LiveScience\nposted: 18 January 2006\n07:52 am ET\n \n \n\nThe scent of a woman is more attractive at certain times of the month, suggests a new study that had men sniffing women's armpit odor. \n\n"We were interested whether armpit odor changes across menstrual cycle," said study author Jan Havlieek of the Department of Anthropology at Charles University, Prague. "To test this, we asked a group of women to wear cotton pads in their armpits for 24 hours."\n\nThe women didn't wear perfumes, use deodorants, eat spicy or smelly foods, smoke, drink alcohol or use hormonal contraceptives such as the pill. Body odor was collected during three phases: menstrual (at the beginning); follicular (between the first day of menstruation and the onset of ovulation); and luteal (the fertile stage).\n\n"The fresh pads were subsequently rated for their attractiveness and intensity by a group of 42 men," Havlieek told LiveScience. \n\nThe most attractive smells, men said, were from the time between the first day of menstruation and ovulation. \n\nThe cycle\n\nThe typically 28-day menstrual cycle involves the physiological changes that occur in a woman to prepare for a possibility of pregnancy. It is controlled by the reproductive hormone system. \n\nA cycle is divided into four parts and starts on the first day of menstruation, which is the shedding of tissue and blood from the womb.  In the follicular phase, a dominant ovarian follicle—which is a sack that contains the ova, or egg—grows, becoming ready to ovulate. The mature egg is then released in the phase known as ovulation around day 12. The cycle ends with the fertile phase. \n\nAlthough many men would tell you they're always in the mood, Havlieek and colleagues discovered that men find odors during the follicular phase the most attractive and least intense. On the other hand, the highest intensity smells, corresponding to the lowest attractiveness for men, were found during the time of menstrual bleeding.\n\n "Traditionally it's believed that ovulation in human female is concealed and there are no changes in attractiveness across the cycle," Havlieek said.\n\nThe study is detailed in the January issue of the journal Ethology. \n\nFurther sniffing\n\nTwo other studies by different research teams came to similar conclusions. But those investigationsused T-shirts for odor sampling, "making it difficult to pinpoint the source of the smell," said Havlieek, whose team restricted sampling to armpits only. \n\nFinally, the attractiveness of women's faces also changes during the month.\n\nHavlieek's team found that facial images of women in the follicular phase—when the dominant ovarian follicle is getting ready to ovulate—are considered more attractive as compared to images taken in the luteal or fertile phase of the cycle.\n\nThe researchers hope to find out which chemical compounds are responsible for the odor changes across a woman's menstrual cycle
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there are lots of devices that "smell," like the ones we use for natural gas, CO, nitrogen sulfide, etc.. i guess it depends on what you are trying to smell..
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It's never okay to tell someone you really don't know well that they have an odor problem. Offering mints,gum to the person is acceptable.Telling your boss or supervisor about the problem and asking for them to help is the other way to deal with it.
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Verbal communication.
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Sexual Pheromones and Sexual Desire\n\n\nImagine an invisible, undetectable force that's powerful enough to override your sense of reason yet draws you to someone with an almost animal passion. These aren't Cupid's mythological arrows, but real shots of human pheromones. Scientists have been researching for years whether or not humans, like other animals, exude these secret scents, with attention focused on a small organ composed of two small pits a few centimeters up the nose. \nBiologists describe pheromones as "smellprints" supposedly as unique to each of us as our fingerprints. Smell is the most primitive of human senses and, unlike sight and touch, travels a direct route to the brain's limbic lobe where it can provoke an emotional reaction that can, quite literally, be a turn-on. \n\nThere's no doubt that pheromones underlie sexual and other types of behavior in animals, but given the complex human psyche, can these invisible lust signals be all you need for love? The scientific verdict is pending, but an increasing body of evidence suggests that the chemistry of sexual attraction and arousal is more nature than nurture and quite beyond our control. Not so far-fetched a notion considering how often we speak — and sing — of sexual chemistry. \n\nLove or lust — the question hasn't stopped the fragrance industry from attempting to cash in on the accumulating knowledge about pheromones by producing synthetic versions of these elusive chemicals. True, the new fragrances aren't billed as aphrodisiacs. Instead, they're advertised as mood-enhancers designed to help you relax and shed your inhibitions. \n\nWhile there's absolutely no proof that they can deliver on any kind of erotic promise, the new pheromone perfumes are selling briskly, even to repeat customers. Which may prove, yet again, that when it comes to aphrodisiacs, nothing trumps the power of suggestion.
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The olfactory bulb is the sense of smell. It is an accessory nerve sense. It adapts quite readily. That is why we get used to a smell and we can not smell it anymore. For instance, if you spray perfume on, you can only smell it for a short while. These sensory bulbs adapt and you can no longer notice it, another person walks up and notices quite readily.
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Yes, they exist, in all mammals, including humans.  Interestingly, though, they don't seem to have a very strong effect on sex drive or attraction- Humans have lost most of their ability to smell, and replaced is with visual and social cues for sex (it's obvious when you think about it-visual porn for men is a multi-billion dollar business, and 50% of all books published are Harlequin Romances).  In a major study, it was shown that the only smell that significantly increased men's sex drive was....cinnamon rolls!  Yes, not kidding...
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90% of communication is through non-verbal cues. Those things NOT said: body posture, facial expressions, verbal tone, and gestures. 10% of communication is what is actually said. No familiarity with social skills and customs means a marked decrease in accuracy with overall  translation.
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Yes, my friend was born without the ability to smell, but she can still taste.  She says her sense of taste is probably muted because taste is augmented by smell.  But she can tell the difference between eating chocolate and eggs.  But she could not smell the difference if it wasn't in her mouth.  She told a story that when she was little she saw people smelling flowers and she would make the same gesture-pretend to smell flowers- but of course didn't understand until much later that they were getting a sensation she didn't get.
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its called a flehmen response it helps smelling certain substances. See link for info so I don't have to write it all here.
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chemistry/body language