Scent is the most ancient and mysterious of our five senses. Anecdotally, our primordial sense of smell often feels as if it has the power to override executive functions in ways that drive us to ...
Dennis Mathew is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and studies insect olfaction at the cellular and molecular levels. He is also a co-director of ...
It’s clear that genes, receptors and neurons all play a role in detecting odors. But much of how we make sense of what we sniff remains mysterious. A neuroscientist explains. By Daniela Hirschfeld / ...
Research increasingly suggests that smell could play a role in memory retention—and you may be able to leverage the sense to ...
The sprawling network of the visual cortex reigned supreme in the field of sensory processing, contributing significantly to our understanding of sensory perception. In contrast, the study of ...
A main crux of neuroscience is learning how our senses translate light into sight, sound into hearing, food into taste, and texture into touch. Smell is where these sensory relationships get more ...
Benjamin D. Young, Ph.D., is an associate professor in philosophy, a member of the graduate faculty in interdisciplinary neuroscience, and the Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Nevada, ...
PHILADELPHIA (August 31, 2023) – A main crux of neuroscience is learning how our senses translate light into sight, sound into hearing, food into taste, and texture into touch. Smell is where these ...