Tasting and Smelling (Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Second Edition)

This book consists of six chapters covering a variety of topics on taste and smell research. It is not intended to be a complete overview of research in the chemical senses. The authors of these essays were encouraged to emphasize their own perspectives on important issues in the field. They were particularly asked to address unanswered questions and neglected research topics. Consequently, each of the chapters provides a point of view on an important and often controversial research area in the chemical senses. The editors also chose not to include chapters in several areas that have been thoroughly and frequently reviewed. For example, olfactory transduction and CNS processing have received considerable attention elsewhere and thus are not treated here.