Process by which olfactory stimuli, such as odors, are recognized and interpreted by the brain

Smell and the ancient senses / edited by Mark Bradley.

Neurogastronomy : how the brain creates flavor and why it matters / Gordon M. Shepherd.

Smell in eighteenth-century England : a social sense / William Tullett.

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Olfactory Perception

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Smell and the ancient senses / edited by Mark Bradley.

Neurogastronomy : how the brain creates flavor and why it matters / Gordon M. Shepherd.

Smell in eighteenth-century England : a social sense / William Tullett.