03266cam a2200409 i 4500 0000032702 20230921135346.0 230228s2020 mau b 001 0 eng 2020002206 9780674983694 : $36.00 21446825 MH/DLC eng rda DLC DLC c=Program for Cooperative Cataloging QP458 .B366 2020 612.8/25 23 Barwich, A. S., 1985-, author. Smellosophy : What the nose tells the mind / A. S. Barwich. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020. xi, 366 pages ; 22 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-351) and index. History of the nose -- Modern olfaction, at the crossroads -- Minding the nose, odors in cognition -- Affecting the nose, odors in behavior -- On air, from the nose to the brain -- Molecules to perception -- Fingerprinting the bulb -- Beyond mapping, to measuring smells -- Perception as a skill -- The distillate. "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. Accounting for the sense of smell upsets theories of perception philosophers have developed. In their place, Smellosophy articulates a new model for understanding how the brain represents sensory information"-- Provided by publisher. Olfactory sensors. Rhinencephalon. Nose. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg 230228 acquire 1 shelf copy policy default rl46 2020-02-28 (telework) to Dewey xm08 2020-03-02 (telework) rl16 2022-11-09 to CMD MHCIP 2020-02-04 20230822095114.0 8303 8303 0 0 0 0 cutlib cutlib 2023-09-21 0 QP 458 BAR BK0091087 2023-09-21 00:00:00 C.047624 2023-09-21 BK