Experiments performed have indicated a correlation between estratetraenol and the ability to attract cooperative mates. The hormone sends olfactory signals of high fertility in pregnant and ovulating women that presents and highlights attractive qualities in those women to potential mates. These interactions between the hormone signals and males showed an increased cooperation and compassion from males to the pregnant female.[10]
Another study shows that the hormone can have an effect on how a male will approach the pursuance of a female by altering the level of sexual cognition and behavior. While the hormone increases the attractions of males to females, studies also show that it does not have an effect on the impulsive sexual nature of men when it relates to sexual desire and delayed gratification.[11]
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^Laska M, Wieser A, Salazar LT (May 2006). "Sex-specific differences in olfactory sensitivity for putative human pheromones in nonhuman primates".Journal of Comparative Psychology.120 (2):106–112.doi:10.1037/0735-7036.120.2.106.PMID16719588.
^Thysen B, Elliott WH, Katzman PA (January 1968). "Identification of estra-1,3,5(10),16-tetraen-3-ol (estratetraenol) from the urine of pregnant women (1)".Steroids.11 (1):73–87.doi:10.1016/s0039-128x(68)80052-2.PMID4295975.
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^Oren C, Shamay-Tsoory SG (March 2019). "Women's fertility cues affect cooperative behavior: Evidence for the role of the human putative chemosignal estratetraenol".Psychoneuroendocrinology.101:50–59.doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.10.028.PMID30408723.S2CID53217847.
