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2. R. H. Cichewicz and P. A. Thorpe, “The Antimicrobial Properties of Chile Peppers (Capsicum Species) and Their Uses in Mayan Medicine,” Journal of Ethnopharmacolgy 52(2) (June 1996): 61– 70.

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3. N. L. Jones, S. Shabib, and P. M. Sherman, “Capsaicin as an Inhibitor of the Growth of the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter Pylori,” FEMS Microbiology Letters 146(2) (January 15, 1997): 223– 227.

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4. P. Rozin and D. Schiller, “The Nature and Acquisition of a Preference for Chili Pepper in Humans,” Motivation and Emotion 4(1) (1980): 77–101.

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1. Lynn Halpern, Randolph Blake, and James Hillenbrand, “Psychoacoustics of a Chilling Sound,” Perception and Psychophysics (1986): 77–80.

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2. Dogs can hear pitches up to 40,000 Hz; chinchillas have a hearing range like ours; mice ears register sound up to 91,000 Hz (but they have trouble with frequencies under 1,000 Hz); catfish are limited to frequencies under 4,000 Hz.

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3. B. Kruger, “An Update on the External Ear Resonance in Infants and Young Children,” Ear and Hearing 8(6) (1987): 333–336.

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4. Mark Leibovich, “Obama’s Partisan, Profane Confidant Reins It In,” New York Times, January 25, 2009, p. 1.

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5. Kruger, “An Update on the External Ear Resonance.”

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6. J. Vos and G. F. Smoorenburg, “Penalty for Impulse Noise, Derived from Annoyance Ratings for Impulse and Road-Traffic Sounds,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 77(1) (1985): 193–201; T. Hashimoto and S. Hatano, “Roughness Level as a Measure for Estimating Unpleasantness: Modification of Roughness Level by Modulation Frequencies,” Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 94 Conference, Yokohama, Japan (1994): 887–892.

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2. Eric Block, Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and the Science (Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry), 2009.

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3. Rachel Herz, The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (New York: HarperCollins), 2007.

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