Odor Perception and the Variability in Natural Odor Scenes
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چکیده
Introduction ............................................................................... 192 Odors as Natural Stimuli ................................................................. 192 Physics of Odor Production: Sources of Variation .................................... 195 Spatiotemporal Plume Structure ................................................ 195 Temporal Fluctuations in Active Emission ................................... 195 Qualitative and Quantitative Variation: Floral Scent as an Example ...... 197 Odor Perception and the Olfactory System ............................................ 205 Learning, Generalization, and Discrimination ............................... 205 Perception of Odor Quality: Odor Similarity and Odor Space ............. 209 Odor Concentration and Odor Perception ..................................... 210 Odor Perception and Spatiotemporal Plume Structure ....................... 213 Perception of Ratios of Compounds in Complex Mixtures .................. 213 Odor Perception and Temporal Variation ...................................... 214 Conclusions ................................................................................. 216
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