Smellosophy Lib/E: What the Nose Tells the Mind by Cannon, Chloe

Smellosophy Lib/E: What the Nose Tells the Mind

A pioneering exploration of olfaction that upsets settled notions of how the brain translates sensory information. Decades...
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Author: Chloe Cannon
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Smellosophy Lib/E: What the Nose Tells the Mind by Cannon, Chloe

Smellosophy Lib/E: What the Nose Tells the Mind

CHF 32.13

Smellosophy Lib/E: What the Nose Tells the Mind

CHF 32.13
Author: Chloe Cannon
Format: CD
Language: English
A pioneering exploration of olfaction that upsets settled notions of how the brain translates sensory information. Decades of cognition research have shown that external stimuli spark neural patterns in particular regions of the brain. This has fostered a view of the brain as a space that we can map: here the brain responds to faces, there it perceives a sensation in your left hand. But it turns out that the sense of smell--only recently attracting broader attention in neuroscience--doesn't work this way. A. S. Barwich asks a deceptively simple question: What does the nose tell the brain, and how does the brain understand it? Barwich interviews experts in neuroscience, psychology, chemistry, and perfumery in an effort to understand the biological mechanics and myriad meanings of odors. She argues that it is time to stop recycling ideas based on the paradigm of vision for the olfactory system. Scents are often fickle and boundless in comparison with visual images, and they do not line up with well-defined neural regions. Although olfaction remains a puzzle, Barwich proposes that what we know suggests the brain acts not only like a map but also as a measuring device, one that senses and processes simple and complex odors.

Author: Chloe Cannon, A. S. Barwich
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: 07/14/2020
Binding Type: CD
ISBN: 9798200242122

About the Author
Cannon, Chloe: -

Chloe Cannon is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.

Barwich, A. S.: - A. S. Barwich is an assistant professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University Bloomington. She has been a Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience at Columbia University's Center for Science and Society and has held a Research Fellowship at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Vienna. Her website is www.smellosophy.com.

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