Love is a motivation that can help facilitate mate choice in humans.  The biochemistry of attraction is complex and multifaceted; it is affected by specific neurological pathways, neurotransmitters, hormones, fertility levels, and olfaction.  Aspects of attraction will be discussed, including biochemical processes that influence the selection of mates and drive humans to seek love.  A significant step towards identifying pheromones in humans has come from research on female areolar gland secretions, but research on human pheromones has otherwise been limited.

About the presenter:
Christina is majoring in Psychology and pursuing a minor in Neuroscience and a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies at Indiana University East.  For her senior thesis she wanted to examine the effect of olfaction on human love and attraction.  Combined with her passion for neuroscience, her research project culminated into a larger discussion including several key biochemical aspects of human attraction.

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