Acronyms

[fdesa12]

First, I love this forum - I have received some wonderful help here from experienced folks....Much appreciated....The only feedback I might have is that when things get technical or scientific, some short-hand acronyms and abbreviations are sometimes used, which is confusing for a newbie like me....If we could decrease the acronyms and abbreviations, I think the newbies would get more out of the forums....Or spell something out then put the acronym in parentheses on first usage....Would help onboard us newbies

[fdesa12]

So, I looked-up androstenone on Wikipedia, and it says that humans cannot detect androstenone. However, this article in the Journal of Physiology seems to refute that claim (I think?): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1664751/ According to the article, sensitivity CAN increase, and humans CAN detect pheros with repeated exposure....Here's a quote from it: "While a role for androstenone as a human pheromone is open to debate, a widely accepted finding is the ability of humans who are initially insensitive to androstenone to acquire sensitivity to it upon continued exposure (Wysocki et al. 1989). Since the 1989 anecdotal discovery of C.J. Wysocki, several other studies have shown that humans and other species can acquire sensitivity to androstenone as well as to other odourants (Wang et al. 1993; Pause et al. 1999; Dalton et al. 2002)." Thoughts?

There's a reason why science courses in college do not accept Wikipedia as a source/citation/reference.

I've come across that topic before as well. The only think I can say is if people aren't able to detect it, there shouldn't any such thing as the OD/ghosting effect when spray way too much.

I wouldn't be surprised about the concept of developing sensitivity to something though. The human body does naturally try to avoid all forms of threats and dangers once it's established so.

[RTBoss]

You can become more sensitive to enone with repeat exposure? Maybe there's hope for my wife after all...

[angelo777]

THX angelo777 - as I've gotten used to these forums, I have found myself adopting some of the lingo, e.g. "mones", "pheros", "hits", but some of the product abbreviations still allude me

yes, I too adopting some of the lingo, but there are product names abbreviated and do not understand