Tasting and Smelling (Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Second Edition)

ISBN 10: 0121619583 / ISBN 13: 9780121619589

Verlag: Academic Press, 1997

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Tasting and Smelling presents a comprehensive overview to research on these two important modes of perception. The book offers a review of research findings on the biophysics, neurophysiology, and psychophysicsof both senses, as well as discussing the emotional component associated with taste and smell, and clinical disorders affecting each of these two senses. Tasting and Smelling answers how odors and flavors are perceived, why we have favorites, and what happens when our senses go awry. This book is of interest to the researcher in perception, cognition, or neurophysiology.

Von der hinteren Coverseite: Tasting and Smelling presents a comprehensive overview to research on these two important modes of perception. The book offers a review of research findings on the biophysics, neurophysiology, and psychophysics of both senses, as well as discussing the emotional component associated with taste and smell, and clinical disorders affecting each of these two senses. Tasting and Smelling answers how odors and flavors are perceived, why we have favorites, and what happens when our senses go awry. This book will be of interest to the researcher in perception, cognition, or neurophysiology.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Tasting and Smelling (Handbook of Perception...
Verlag: Academic Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good