Search Results - "Olfaction"

Olfaction, taste, and cognition

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Learning to smell olfactory perception from neurobiology to behavior / by Wilson, Donald A. (Donald Alan), 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Index -- Preface -- The function of the olfactory system in animals and humans -- A historical and comparative perspective on theoretical approaches to olfaction -- Receptive mechanisms -- The relationship between stimulus intensity and perceptual quality -- Odor quality discrimination in nonhuman animals -- Odor quality discrimination in humans -- Odor memory -- Implications -- Bibliography.…”
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Untimely matter in the time of Shakespeare by Harris, Jonathan Gil

Table of Contents: “…Reading matter : George Herbert and the East-West palimpsests of The temple -- Performing history : East-West palimpsests in William Shakespeare's second Henriad -- The writing on the wall : London's old Jewry and John Stow's urban palimpsest -- The smell of gunpowder : Macbeth and the palimpsests of olfaction -- Touching matters : Margaret Cavendish's and Hélène Cixous's palimpsested bodies -- Crumpled handkerchiefs : William Shakespeare's and Michel Serres's palimpsested time.…”
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