Tasting and Smelling / Edition 2

by Gary K. Beauchamp, Linda Bartoshuk

Overview

Tasting and Smelling presents a comprehensive overview to research on these two important modes of perception. The book offers a review of research findings on the biophysics, neurophysiology, and psychophysicsof both senses, as well as discussing the emotional component associated with taste and smell, and clinical disorders affecting each of these two senses. Tasting and Smelling answers how odors and flavors are perceived, why we have favorites, and what happens when our senses go awry. This book is of interest to the researcher in perception, cognition, or neurophysiology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780121619589
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/18/1997
Series:	Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Second Edition
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

J.G. Brand, Biophysics of Taste.
D.V. Smith and M.B. Vogt, The Neural Code and Integrative Processes of Taste.
B.P. Halpern, Psychophysics of Taste.
H.T. Lawless, Olfactory Psychophysics.
B.J. Cowart, I.M. Young, R.S. Feldman, and L.D. Lowry, Clinical Disorders of Smell and Taste.
J.A. Mennella and G.K. Beauchamp, The Ontogeny of Human Flavor Perception.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...the book does a good job of highlighting the large body of problems that still challenge a fundamental understanding of human taste and smell perception. Highly recommended." —CHOICE

"This six-chapter volume focuses on human taste and smell, and on perception and cognition... The selection of authors is excellent, as they are leaders in their respective fields... A major theme throughout the volume is that we should seek to understand the chemical senses with respect to their function in the real world... This book is recommended both for those in and out of the field of chemoreception, as well as those who are especially interested in human perception and cognition. It serves as a fine introduction to current provocative issues." —The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 74, #3, September 1999

From the Publisher

A comprehensive overview of the biophysics, neurophysiology, and psychophysics of taste and smell, including a discussion of the emotional components associated with these senses. Answers how odors and flavors are perceived, why we have favorites, and what happens when our senses go awry. Intended for the researcher in perception, cognition, or neurophysiology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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