Talk:Martha McClintock

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I intend to add significantly to this page. It should not be deleted. It is referenced in other entries. Prof. McClintock is an important researcher and director of a major research department at the University of Chicago. Frederde 01:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please add information to this page, but cf the page on the "McClintock effect" and look at the "criticism" section before you do.

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Replication of results

Was her her study ever replicated? Did anyone else get the same results?

Has anyone besides McClintock found that pheromones cause menstrual synchrony? What cycle lengths does it synchronize? How much synchronization occurs?

Does she (or her supporters) believe in it even in the face of no other supporting studies? If so, can we categorize her work as pseudoscience? --Uncle Ed (talk) 04:50, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It has been proven and reproduced countless times testing (e.g.) Hamsters which have a menstrual cycle every 4 days. I think the real dispute is based in the fact that some people like to see the human race in distinction from the other animals or even primates.