Olfaction An Interdisciplinary Perspective From Philosophy To Life Sciences

Author : Nicola Di Stefano,Maria Teresa Russo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030752057

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Olfaction: An Interdisciplinary Perspective from Philosophy to Life Sciences by Nicola Di Stefano,Maria Teresa Russo Pdf

This book offers a broad and timely perspective on research on olfaction and its current technological challenges. It specifically emphasizes the interdisciplinary context in which olfaction is investigated in contemporary research. From aesthetics to sociology, from bioengineering to anthropology, the different chapters discuss a wide variety of issues arising from olfaction research and its application in different contexts. By highlighting the overlaps between different areas of research, the book fosters a better communication between disciplines and leads towards a better understanding of the role of olfaction in human perception and cognition. This inspiring read is of interest to students, researchers and practitioners in psychology, philosophy, bioengineering, and cultural studies.

Author : Maria Teresa Russo,Antonio Argandoña,Richard Peatfield
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000602876

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Happiness and Domestic Life by Maria Teresa Russo,Antonio Argandoña,Richard Peatfield Pdf

This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine the relationship between the quality of domestic life and the home environment, in its material and relational dimension, with individual and social happiness, in the context of current changes. The theme of happiness and well-being is framed within two significant changes, themselves affected by the recent COVID-19 pandemic: the relationship between the individual’s quality of life and engagement within the community, and the role of new technologies in everyday life. The authors highlight the relational nature of happiness and the centrality of the home environment in its promotion. Three dimensions of psychosocial well-being in the home are analysed: the personal one, consisting of a sense of stability, intimacy and sharing; the social one, which considers the domestic environment as a place for civic education and, in times of pandemic, the site of professional activity and the physical one, consisting of spaces, services and architectural styles. This book is ideal for readers who wish to cross disciplinary boundaries and explore the topic of domestic happiness in its different facets. The target audience is both professional researchers and advanced graduate and undergraduate students. Chapter 12 of this book is now OA on www.taylorfrancis.com under Creative Commons licens CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Author : Na Chen,Thomas Alrik Sørensen,Charles Spence
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832547014

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Crossmodal Correspondence by Na Chen,Thomas Alrik Sørensen,Charles Spence Pdf

We live in a rich multisensory environment, in which we experience a continuous stream of sensory information coming from different sensory modalities, such as vision, sound, smell, touch, and taste. Our brains constantly encode, filter, and integrate that sensory information, and generate a unified perception of the world. However, how the brain processes and binds those sensory inputs are still unknown. Crossmodal correspondence refers to the tendency for normal observers to match distinct features or dimensions of experience across different sensory modalities (e.g., “bouba-kiki” effect). There has been a rapid growth of research interest in crossmodal correspondence over the last two decades. More and more crossmodal correspondences, within-modal correspondences, associations between sensory dimensions and concepts, and experiences have been identified. The congruency effect of crossmodal correspondences on facilitating sensory processing has also been highlighted.

Author : Paolo Pelosi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198719052

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On the Scent by Paolo Pelosi Pdf

In humans, the perception of odours adds a fourth dimension to life, from the scent of flowers, the aroma of foods, and all the subtle smells in the environment. But how many types of odours can we distinguish? Why do we like the food we like? Which are the most powerful odorants, and how well does the human sense of smell perform compared with that of a dog or a butterfly? The sense of smell is highly complex, and such complexity discouraged scientists for a long time, leaving the world of smell in an atmosphere of mystery. Only recently, thanks to the new tools furnished by molecular biology and neuroscience, are we beginning to answer these questions, uncovering the hidden secrets of our sense of smell, and decoding the language used by most animals to communicate. In this book, Paolo Pelosi, one of the leading figures in the development of the science of olfaction, recounts how the chemical alphabet behind smell has been pieced together over the past three decades. Drawing on anecdotes from his own scientific career, and celebrating the rich variety of smells from herbs to flowers to roast coffee and freshly baked bread, he weaves together an engaging and remarkable account of the science behind the most elusive of our senses.

Author : Andrea Büttner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319269305

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Springer Handbook of Odor by Andrea Büttner Pdf

The Springer Handbook of Odor is the definitive guide to all aspects related to the study of smell and their impact on human life. For the first time, this handbook aligns the senso-chemo-analytical characterization of everyday smells encountered by mankind, with the elucidation of perceptual, hedonic, behavioral and physiological responses of humans to such odors. From birth onwards we learn to interact with our environment using our sense of smell. Moreover, evolutionary processes have engendered a multi-faceted communication that is supported – even dominated – by olfaction. This compilation examines the responses of humans to odors at different stages of life, thereby building a foundation for a widely overseen area of research with broader ramifications for human life. The expert international authors and editor align aspects, concepts, methodologies and perspectives from a broad range of different disciplines related to the science of smell. These include chemistry, physiology, psychology, material sciences, technology but also disciplines related to linguistics, culture, art and design. This handbook, edited by an internationally renowned aroma scientist with the support of an outstanding team of over 60 authors, is an authoritative reference for researchers in the field of odors both in academia and in industry and is also a useful reference for newcomers to the area.

Author : Tony Cheng,Ophelia Deroy,Charles Spence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Perception (Philosophy)
ISBN : 103209219X

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Spatial Senses by Tony Cheng,Ophelia Deroy,Charles Spence Pdf

This collection of essays brings together research on sense modalities in general and spatial perception in particular in a systematic and interdisciplinary way. It updates a long-standing philosophical fascination with this topic by incorporating theoretical and empirical research from cognitive science, neuroscience, and psychology. The book is divided thematically to cover a wide range of established and emerging issues. Part I covers notions of objectivity and subjectivity in spatial perception and thinking. Part II focuses on the canonical distal senses, such as vision and audition. Part III concerns the chemical senses, including olfaction and gustation. Part IV discusses bodily awareness, peripersonal space, and touch. Finally, the volume concludes with Part V on multimodality. Spatial Senses is an important contribution to the scholarly literature on the philosophy of perception that takes into account important advances in the sciences.

Author : Andreas Keller
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319815644

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Philosophy of Olfactory Perception by Andreas Keller Pdf

This book reconsiders the major current topics in the philosophy of perception using olfaction as the paradigm sense. The author reveals how many of the most basic concepts of philosophy of perception are based on peculiarities of visual perception not found in other modalities, and addresses how different the philosophy of perception would be if based on olfaction. The book addresses several aspects of olfaction, including perceptual qualities, percepts, olfaction and cognitive processes, and consciousness. The first part of the book considers perception with respect to its ability to guide behaviors and to make information available to cognitive processes. The author continues by addressing the differences between conscious and non-conscious olfactory perception, and presents an argument for an important role of attention in conscious processes. The book concludes by discussing the function of conscious brain processes and their link to guiding behaviors in complex situations.

Author : Raimund Apfelbach,Winrich Breipohl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 364271577X

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Ontogeny of Olfaction by Raimund Apfelbach,Winrich Breipohl Pdf

Author : Daniel J. Nicholson,John Dupré
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198779636

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Everything Flows by Daniel J. Nicholson,John Dupré Pdf

"The majority of the papers herein originated at the workshop 'Process Philosophy of Biology' ... held in Exeter in November 2014."--Page vii.

Author : A. S. Barwich
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674245402

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Smellosophy by A. S. Barwich Pdf

An NRC Handelsblad Book of the Year “Offers rich discussions of olfactory perception, the conscious and subconscious impacts of smell on behavior and emotion.” —Science Decades of cognition research have shown that external stimuli “spark” neural patterns in particular regions of the brain. We think of the brain as a space we can map: here it responds to faces, there it perceives a sensation. But the sense of smell—only recently attracting broader attention in neuroscience—doesn’t work this way. So what does the nose tell the brain, and how does the brain understand it? A. S. Barwich turned to experts in neuroscience, psychology, chemistry, and perfumery in an effort to understand the mechanics and meaning of odors. She discovered that scents are often fickle, and do not line up with well-defined neural regions. Upending existing theories of perception, Smellosophy offers a new model for understanding how the brain senses and processes odors. “A beguiling analysis of olfactory experience that is fast becoming a core reference work in the field.” —Irish Times “Lively, authoritative...Aims to rehabilitate smell’s neglected and marginalized status.” —Wall Street Journal “This is a special book...It teaches readers a lot about olfaction. It teaches us even more about what philosophy can be.” —Times Literary Supplement

Author : Matthew Cobb
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780198825258

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Smell by Matthew Cobb Pdf

"Describes the latest scientific research on smell, and explores its place in culture and history"--

Author : Danièle Dubois,Caroline Cance,Matt Coler,Arthur Paté,Catherine Guastavino
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027258908

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Sensory Experiences by Danièle Dubois,Caroline Cance,Matt Coler,Arthur Paté,Catherine Guastavino Pdf

Sensory Experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses describes the collective elaboration of a situated cognitive approach with an emphasis on the relations between language and cognition within and across different sensory modalities and practices. This approach, grounded in 40 years of empirical research, is a departure from the analytic, reductive view of human experiences as information processing. The book is structured into two parts. Each author first introduces the situated cognitive approach from their respective sensory domains (vision, audition, olfaction, gustation). The second part is the collective effort to derive methodological guidelines respecting the ecological validity of experimental investigations while formulating operational answers to applied questions (such as the sensory quality of environments and product design). This book will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners dealing with sensory experiences and anyone who wants to understand and celebrate the cultural diversity of human productions that make life enjoyable!

Author : Joaquim Braga
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030247515

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Conceiving Virtuality: From Art To Technology by Joaquim Braga Pdf

This book provides new theoretical approaches to the subject of virtuality. All chapters reflect the importance of extending the analysis of the concept of “the virtual” to areas of knowledge that, until today, have not been fully included in its philosophical foundations. The respective chapters share new insights on art, media, psychic systems and technology, while also presenting new ways of articulating the concept of the virtual with regard to the main premises of Western thought. Given its thematic scope, this book is intended not only for a philosophical audience, but also for all scientists who have turned to the humanities in search of answers to their questions.

Author : Deborah A. Green
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271066233

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The Aroma of Righteousness by Deborah A. Green Pdf

In The Aroma of Righteousness, Deborah Green explores images of perfume and incense in late Roman and early Byzantine Jewish literature. Using literary methods to illuminate the rabbinic literature, Green demonstrates the ways in which the rabbis’ reading of biblical texts and their intimate experience with aromatics build and deepen their interpretations. The study uncovers the cultural associations that are evoked by perfume and incense in both the Hebrew Bible and midrashic texts and seeks to understand the cultural, theological, and experiential motivations and impulses that lie behind these interpretations. Green accomplishes this by examining the relationship between the textual traditions of the Hebrew Bible and Midrash, the surviving evidence from the material culture of Palestine in the late Roman and early Byzantine periods, and cultural evidence as described by the rabbis and other Roman authors.

Author : Rebecca Buxton,Lisa Whiting
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783528295

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The Philosopher Queens by Rebecca Buxton,Lisa Whiting Pdf

'This is brilliant. A book about women in philosophy by women in philosophy – love it!' Elif Shafak Where are the women philosophers? The answer is right here. The history of philosophy has not done women justice: you’ve probably heard the names Plato, Kant, Nietzsche and Locke – but what about Hypatia, Arendt, Oluwole and Young? The Philosopher Queens is a long-awaited book about the lives and works of women in philosophy by women in philosophy. This collection brings to centre stage twenty prominent women whose ideas have had a profound – but for the most part uncredited – impact on the world. You’ll learn about Ban Zhao, the first woman historian in ancient Chinese history; Angela Davis, perhaps the most iconic symbol of the American Black Power Movement; Azizah Y. al-Hibri, known for examining the intersection of Islamic law and gender equality; and many more. For anyone who has wondered where the women philosophers are, or anyone curious about the history of ideas – it's time to meet the philosopher queens.