CANCELLED: The Odor of Love - Is Attraction All in the Nose?
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Location: Koshland Science Museum
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Cost: $30
Age Range: 21 +
Please note: This event has been cancelled.
Just what makes a person attractive - is it all in the nose? What role does the brain play in how we perceive smells? How important are our genes when it comes to attraction? Learn more about scientist Johan Lundström's (Monell Chemical Senses Center) intriguing research on the connections between the nose, the brain, and attraction. Lundstrom will help participants explore the power of smell through "nose-on" activities. The event, co-hosted by Professionals in the City, a social and networking organization, will also include light refreshments and a chance to mix and mingle.
7 pm Introductory "Nose-on" Experiment
7:10 - 7:40pm Talk and Additional "Nose-on" Activity
7:40 - 8 pm Question and Answer Period
8 - 9pm Complimentary Beer, Wine and Appetizers. Mingle with other
participants to discuss scent-based discoveries.
To register for this program, please contact Professionals in the City. Item is listed as Sex, Scents, and Sensibility. Must be at least 21 years old with a valid ID to attend the program.
Speaker:
Dr. Johan Lundström (pictured above) an Assistant Member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, received his PhD in Psychology from Uppsala University in Sweden. Research at Monell examines the mechanisms and functions of the chemical senses, focusing on taste and smell. Dr. Lundström´s laboratory focuses on the cerebral basis for chemosensory processing. Several different lines of investigation explore how the human brain allows us to perceive, process, and understand chemosensory information. A current interest is the complex processing of social chemosignals - signals that border between perception and cognition. He was the 2009 recipient of Moskowitz Jacobs Award for Research Excellence in the Psychophysics of Taste and Smell.
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