The human organs of perception are constantly bombarded with chemicals from the environment. Our bodies have in turn developed complex processing systems, which manifest themselves in our emotions, memory, and language. Yet the available data on the high order cognitive implications of taste and smell are scattered among journals in many fields, with no single source synthesizing the large body of knowledge, much of which has appeared in the last decade. This book presents the first multidisciplinary synthesis of the literature in olfactory and gustatory cognition. Leading experts have written chapters on many facets of taste and smell, including odor memory, cortical representations, psychophysics and functional imaging studies, genetic variation in taste, and the hedonistic dimensions of odors. The approach is integrative, combining perspectives from neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and linguistics, and is appropriate for students and researchers in all of these areas who seek an authoritative reference on olfaction, taste, and cognition.

This book examines olfactory and gustatory cognition, including chapters on odor memory, genetic variation in taste, and the hedonistic dimensions of odors.
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'... an excellent treatise ... I would recommend this book to all chemosensory scientists, as well as to psychologists and physiologists ...' Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society



Book Information
ISBN 9780521020978
Author Catherine Rouby
Format Paperback
Page Count 488
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 772g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 168mm * 25mm