Mammalian smell sensation

Subsystem organization of the mammalian sense of smell.

The mammalian olfactory system senses an almost unlimited number of chemical stimuli and initiates a process of neural recognition that influences nearly every aspect of life. This review examines the organizational principles underlying the recognition of olfactory stimuli. The olfactory system is composed of a number of distinct subsystems that can be distinguished by the location of their se...

To smell or not to smell? That is the question!

The Smell of Representations

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The intentionality of smell

If any sense modality represents, vision does, but argument is needed to show that smell does. This paper rebuts two reasons for doubting that smell represents, and offers several arguments that it does. The paper then considers several recent proposals as to exactly what a smell represents, and defends a version of the author's original proposal-that a smell represents a miasma in the air-agai...

Computer - Controlled Smell Output

Computer-controlled scent output technologies have a history dating back nearly 50 years. However, it’s only in the last few years that such systems have become easy to use and readily available, fueled by the emphasis on multimedia technologies from the internet and dot.com boom and by the increasing prominence of fragrance in everyday life. The key advantage of computer-controlled output, in ...