Learning to smell:olfactory perception from neurobiology to behavior
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
Publication Dates: | 2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | ix, 309 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0801883687 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801883682 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | Q434 |
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Q434 R339.12 |
Call Number: | R339.12/W747 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-297) and index. 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. |