Smellosophy : : What the Nose Tells the Mind / / A. S. Barwich.
For decades neuroscientists understood sensory perception as a matter of external stimuli “sparking” regions of the brain. But this view has a key flaw: odors don’t line up consistently with the neural map. A. S. Barwich explores the new science of smell and urges us to rethink theories of mind and...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Nosedive
- 1. History of the Nose
- 2. Modern Olfaction: At the Crossroads
- 3. Minding the Nose: Odors in Cognition
- 4. How Behavior Senses Chemistry: The Affective Nature of Smell
- 5. On Air: From the Nose to the Brain
- 6. Molecules to Perception
- 7. Fingerprinting the Bulb
- 8. Beyond Mapping, to Measuring Smells
- 9. Perception as a Skill
- 10. The Distillate: The Nose as a Window into Mind and Brain
- Appendix: List of Interviewees
- Notes
- Acknowledgment
- Index