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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790022603321

Titolo

Olfactory cognition [[electronic resource] ] : from perception and memory to environmental odours and neuroscience / / edited by Gesualdo M. Zucco, Rachel S. Herz, and Benoist Schaal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012

ISBN

1-280-49750-5

9786613592736

90-272-7464-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Advances in consciousness research, , 1381-589X ; ; 85

Altri autori (Persone)

ZuccoGesualdo

HerzRachel <1963->

SchaalBenoist

Disciplina

612.8/6

Soggetti

Olfactometry

Olfactory receptors

Smell

Neurobiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Perception, psychophysics and odour environment -- pt. 2. Learning and memory -- pt. 3. Neuropsychology and olfactory dysfunctions -- pt. 4. Odor hedonic perception and development.

Sommario/riassunto

This book was conceived as a tribute to one of the founders of the psychological study of the sense of smell, Professor Trygg Engen. The book is divided into four sections. The first reunites the fields of psychophysics and the perception of environmental odours and discusses the impact of odours on beliefs and expectations. The second addresses cognitive processes in olfaction, how odours are interpreted, lexicalized, associated with contexts and remembered. The third focuses on the cerebral bases of olfactory awareness and the neuropsychological investigation of olfaction with special emphas