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UNINA9910790022603321 |
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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 |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49750-5 |
9786613592736 |
90-272-7464-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Collana |
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Advances in consciousness research, , 1381-589X ; ; 85 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ZuccoGesualdo |
HerzRachel <1963-> |
SchaalBenoist |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Olfactometry |
Olfactory receptors |
Smell |
Neurobiology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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