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  • What did Wedekind put in the seventh box?
    a clean t-shirt
  • What were the names of the two scientists who released a paper in 2005?
    Christine R Schwartz & Robert D Mare
  • What did Wedekind's experiment prove?
    That humans search for their perfect mate through the sense of smell
  • What were scientific suspicions confirmed by in 1995?
    A sweaty t-shirt
  • According to the text, what do humans do to attract mates?
    Release smells
  • How many men and women took part in the experiment?
    49 women / 44 men
  • What coincided with "Love is in the Air" 's success in the 1990s?
    Scientific interest in why people fall in love
  • For how long did the experiment subjects have to wear the t-shirt?
    2 days and two nights
  • What social event has Wedekind's experiment inspire?
    sweaty t-shirt parties in LA
  • What common belief did the first studies on love destroy?
    That people love each other because of destiny
  • What did the 2005 paper find?
    People rarely marry someone who has a different level of education from their own
  • According to the text, what gene does the sense of smell detect?
    The MHC gene
  • Humans are attracted to very different *** genes because __________________.
    It will help them produce strong offspring
  • What did the sociologists conclude about the type of people we fall for?
    We fall for people who are just like us
  • What two things did "research by other academics" find?
    We don't fall for people from different socioeconomic backgrounds nor with different beliefs
  • Name the Swiss zoologist who conducted the shirt experiment.
    Claus Wedekind
  • Who were the first scientists to investigate love in depth?
    sociologists
  • Who wrote "Love is in the Air"?
    John Paul Young
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