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Perception, 4/e
Robert Sekuler, Brandeis University
Randolph Blake, Vanderbilt University
Smell and Taste

Chapter Outline

  1. THE SENSE OF SMELL
    1. The Stimulus for Smell
    2. The Classification of Odors
  2. THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SMELL
    1. Neural Coding of Odor Quality by Olfactory Fibers
    2. The Olfactory Pathways
    3. Neural Representation of Odor Intensity
    4. Building a Better Nose
    5. Odor Perception
      1. Odor detection
      2. Odor identification
      3. Odor concentrations
      4. The common chemical sense
      5. Disorders of smell
      6. Adaptation to odors
      7. Odor mixtures
      8. Odors and memory
      9. Sex and the nose
  3. THE SENSE OF TASTE
    1. The Stimulus for Taste
    2. The Classification of Tastes
    3. The Anatomy and Physiology of Taste
      1. The taste receptors
      2. The taste pathways
    4. Sensitivity to Taste
      1. Detection and identification
      2. Discriminating taste intensity
      3. Taste adaptation and modification
      4. Taste mixtures
    5. Taste Preferences
  4. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TASTE AND SMELL








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