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How a Group Moves and Interacts May Be Linked to Chemical Signals.

Posted on | June 10, 2012 | No Comments

How a Group Moves and Interacts May Be Linked to Chemical Signals. An article in the New York Times by Amanda Schaffer regarding work done by Ajay Mathuru and Suresh Jesuthasan at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in Singapore hypothesizes that fish as a group respond to chemicals released by their injured brethren. The study of pheromones has long debated the messages sent by one individual or animal to another by chemical release. Is this one factor of the universal connectivity of species? Do we “know” one another by the chemicals released by various emotions? Facial displays and body language transmit more information than we are consciously aware of about another individual. This person is present and visually available. What happens when we cannot make eye contact? If this study, as part of the extensive research on body secretions is true, can we hypothesize that more is happening than science or we have yet determined? To dislike someone we have just met or to fear them, is it testosterone “wash” or is it the body’s ancient rhythms delivering a message to others in the vicinity. As groups were marched to their deaths, did they transmit a signal? Was it a panic caused by “mass hysteria” or was it a calm, resigned march because so many had already put their faith in God and were transmitting their calm to others who were less certain? Can we say that a rally, pep squad or political, becomes energized because we are all communicating to each other our excitement through chemical releases? Shawn M. Nichols Shawnnichols.com

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