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Psychophysical aspects of odour
Author(s) -
Toller S
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2005.01105_20.x
Subject(s) - sensory system , statement (logic) , ignorance , psychology , neglect , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , neuroscience , epistemology , philosophy , psychiatry
The history of psychology during the last century should certainly include a statement about the neglect of the crucial topic of human emotion and also ignorance concerning the role of the olfactory sensory system in human behaviour. During my research career, together with my research students, these are topics I addressed. The sense of smell is not a vestigial system but a sensory input of vital importance in human behaviour. Our experiments involved behaviour and psychophysiological and brain activity studies. Some of these studies involved collaboration with members of Quest working in sensory evaluation. Currently it is slowly being recognized that all human sensory input is integrative and each of the sensory systems is important.