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The olfactory bulbs are a part of the brain involved in odor/taste. In antomical studies of animals such as dogs ,cat, rats, mouse which have a much greater reliance on sense of smell, the olfactory bulbs ate much larger in portion to the whole brain. This heightened sense of smell is used by these species for the detection of pheromones, and other chemical triggers given off by the other sex of the species.

In humans, who rely so much less on the sense of smell, the olfactory bulbs serve a much smaller role in mating/reproduction. While it has yet to be determined if humans even produce significant pheromones, certain odors can have sexual responsive effects, but this is limited often to individuals and not the whole human race. While olfactory bulbs may increase in relative size during puberty in humans, it is unclear what significance this may have.

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