News tagged with olfaction
Newborn brain cells show the way
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Although the fact that we generate new brain cells throughout life is no longer disputed, their purpose has been the topic of much debate. Now, an international collaboration of researchers made a big leap ...
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Why silkworms find mulberries attractive
May 07, 2009 |
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A new study published online on May 7th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has found the source of silkworms' attraction to mulberry leaves, their primary food source. A jasmine-scented chemical emitte ...
Odors sensed differently from mouth, nose
Aug 17, 2005 |
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Scientists say the human brain perceives the same odor differently if it arrives through the nose rather than the mouth.
Subliminal smells bias perception about a person's likeability
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 06, 2007 |
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Anyone who has bonded with a puppy madly sniffing with affection gets an idea of how scents, most not apparent to humans, are critical to a dog’s appreciation of her two-legged friends. Now new research from Northwestern ...
Mice have biological clock for smell
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Dec 14, 2006 |
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Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a large biological clock in the smelling center of mice brains and have revealed that the sense of smell for mice is stronger at night, peaking ...
Psychologist explores perception of fear in human sweat
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 06, 2009 |
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When threatened, many animals release chemicals as a warning signal to members of their own species, who in turn react to the signals and take action. Research by Rice University psychologist Denise Chen suggests a similar ...
Quick – What’s That Smell?
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center have found that taking as little as a hundred milliseconds longer to smell an odor results in more accurate identification of that odor. This seemingly simple observation has ...
Duck-bill dinosaur mystery finally solved
Jan 25, 2006 |
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A University of Toronto scientist has concluded duck-billed dinosaurs' large, hollow crests had nothing to do with olfaction.
DNA sensors found to be an effective artificial nose
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Jan 23, 2008 |
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In designing artificial noses modeled after biological olfaction, the challenge has been to generate a similarly large sensor repertoire with the requisite combinatorial complexity to detect odors in the real world. A further ...
Scientists produce the first smell map
May 27, 2008 |
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Is the smell of almonds closer to that of roses or bananas? Weizmann Institute scientists have now answered that question (roses) by showing for the first time that smells can be mapped and the relative distance between various ...
Study shows that laboratory rats calculate confidence to make decisions
Aug 11, 2008 |
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It has probably happened to everyone at one time or another. You're driving to a restaurant for the very first time. At a crossroads, you make a turn. You drive for several minutes, and then several minutes more. Nothing ...
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