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Smellosophy : what the nose tells the mind /

"A pioneering exploration of olfaction that upsets settled notions of how the brain translates sensory information. Decades of cognition research have shown that external stimuli 'spark' neural patterns in particular regions of the brain. This has fostered a view of the brain as a spa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barwich, A. S., 1985- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Nosedive
  • 1. History of the Nose
  • 2. Modern Olfaction: At the Crossroads
  • 3. Minding the Nose: Odors in Cognition
  • 4. How Behavior Senses Chemistry: The Affective Nature of Smell
  • 5. On Air: From the Nose to the Brain
  • 6. Molecules to Perception
  • 7. Fingerprinting the Bulb
  • 8. Beyond Mapping, to Measuring Smells
  • 9. Perception as a Skill
  • 10. The Distillate: The Nose as a Window into Mind and Brain
  • Appendix: List of Interviewees
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index