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Discovering Odors

1. Aufl.

von: Gérard Brand
139,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	30.12.2019
ISBN/EAN:	9781119687498
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	236

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Often taken for granted, the sense of smell has seldom been discussed or understood. However, since the start of the 20th Century, studies in this area have grown exponentially and today there is a greater understanding of the olfactory system – at both structural and functional levels. Scientists now concern themselves with questions about the holistic nature of our sense of smell and are investigating the role of odors in interpersonal relations, in food intake processes, in the diagnosis of certain illnesses, and many other areas. The beginnings of this knowledge are as fascinating as they are abundant and numerous disciplines are involved: psychology, physiology, genetics, neuroscience, engineering, etc. This book illustrates and analyzes the current state of advances in research about the smells around us, and the way in which they influence our relationship with the world.

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Preface ix Chapter 1. Dr. Følling’s Flair: Discovery of Phenylketonuria by Smell 1 Chapter 2. A Nobel Prize for the Nose and Retraction in Science 5 Chapter 3. Sperm and Lily of the Valley 9 Chapter 4. Vibrational Theory and the Astonishing Story of Researcher Luca Turin 13 Chapter 5. The Famous Madeleines: The Proust Phenomenon, a Scientific Spoliation? 17 Chapter 6. The Smell of Rain 21 Chapter 7. The Neanderthal Nose 25 Chapter 8. Mr. and Mrs. Kallmann Have a Son: When Losing Your Nose and Losing Your Gonads Go Hand in Hand 29 Chapter 9. Whiplash, or Losing Your Sense of Smell Following a Head Injury 33 Chapter 10. Phantom Odors 37 Chapter 11. These Odors That Make Your Head Hurt 41 Chapter 12. The Sleeper’s Nose 45 Chapter 13. Surströmming: The Worst Odor in the World? 49 Chapter 14. It Smells Like Cheese 53 Chapter 15. What Fennel Reveals to Us 57 Chapter 16. Mustard Goes Up My Nose and Onions Make Me Cry: Discovering a Third Unknown Chemical Sense 61 Chapter 17. Lavender at the Dentist: Aromatherapy, a Myth or a Reality? 65 Chapter 18. Catnip and Pregnant Women: Some Variations in Sensitivity to Odors 69 Chapter 19. If You Eat Too Much Fat, You Will Lose Your Sense of Smell 73 Chapter 20. Experts’ Noses 77 Chapter 21. Filled with Smells 81 Chapter 22. Obesity and Chocolate 85 Chapter 23. The Nose on the Plate: A Difficult Scientific Consensus 89 Chapter 24. The Smell of a Hot Croissant: When Our Sense of Smell Nibbles Away at Our Free Will 93 Chapter 25. The Dog That Sniffs Out Cancer 97 Chapter 26. Smells to Cure Cancer? 101 Chapter 27. A Depressed Patient’s Nose 105 Chapter 28. Gogol’s Nose or “Empty Nose” Syndrome 109 Chapter 29. She Smells Parkinson’s 113 Chapter 30. And What Does Parkinson’s Smell Like? 117 Chapter 31. Alzheimer’s Nose: Losing Sense of Smell and Losing Memory, the Same Story? 121 Chapter 32. The Smell of Old People 125 Chapter 33. The Smell of Death 129 Chapter 34. Red Meat, Garlic and Sex Appeal 133 Chapter 35. Tears and Desire: Stop Crying, it Doesn’t Turn Me On Anymore 137 Chapter 36. With a Bad Nose, Comes a Poor Flirt 141 Chapter 37. It’s All in the Sweat 143 Chapter 38. The Smell of Fear 147 Chapter 39. What Epigenetics Owes to the Nose: How Fear Learned From an Odor can be Transmitted to Offspring 151 Chapter 40. Odor and Pain 155 Chapter 41. Odorology 159 Chapter 42. On the Trail of Odors 163 Chapter 43. The Electronic Nose 167 Chapter 44. The Plane Nose: The Methods of the Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik to Get Up in the Air 171 Chapter 45. The Gender of the Nose 175 Chapter 46. The Newborn’s Nose 179 Chapter 47. The Smell of a Handshake 183 Chapter 48. The Nose and Perfumes 187 Chapter 49. Odors… A Hobby? 191 Chapter 50. Tell Me What You Smell, I’ll Tell You Who You Are, But Not Where You Come From: On Genetic Variations in Odor Perception 195 Conclusion 199 References 201 Index 223