love and attraction Flashcards
formation and maintenance of relationship
-attraction
-romantic love
-attachment
-love
-pleasure
-sex
-addiction
Pheromones
- Airborne chemicals eliciting a specific unlearned responses in another member of same-species members
-are messenger molecules
female silkworm moth secrete ______
Bombykol: detected by male antennae
chiloglottis trapeziformis uses _______
wasp pheromones
Ophrys exaltata uses
bee pheromones
- z-7-hexa
- z-7-penta
- z-7-tricosene
female dogs in heat secrete ____
methyl paraben
Androstenone
Found in truffles and boars
Androstenone: Found in male sweat/boar spray;present in human sweat may relax women
-axe spray contain this
Skatole found in
flowers, also an artificial flavor
Romantic love stage
release Phenethylamine (PEA) which increases dopamine (effects similar to cocaine, tobacco).
-“feel-good” drugs
Found in chocolate but cannot cross blood-brain barrier.
effect of dopamine on early stages of love
Increased dopamine in this causes serotonin to decrease thus resulting in obsessive compulsive behavior
serotonin controls mood
prairie voles
produces oxytocin and Linked to monogamy
Long-Term Attachment
Oxytocin: Promotes bonding (released during labor, lactation, intimacy).
Aphrodisiacs:
Doctrine of Signatures: Rhino horn, common stinkhorn (mushroom), oysters, horny goat weed, Spanish fly (beetle), internet version(capsaicin)
-crushed beetles used in bull breeding (cantharidin); dangerous irritant
mountain voles
- don’t produce lot of oxytocin
- recombinant mountain vole are social
testosterone
increase sex drive in men and women
Ecstasy reduce
inhibition
alcohol
number 1 aphrodisiac
Viagra (Sildenafil):
Failed angina drug// failed BP drug
inhibits PDE5: PDE5 breaks down cgmp that promotes smooth muscle relaxtion
enhances blood flow to genitals
