Olfactory Consciousness Across Disciplines

Author : Benjamin D. Young
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9782889194223

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Olfactory Consciousness across Disciplines by Benjamin D. Young Pdf

Our sense of smell pervasively influences our most common behaviors and daily experience, yet little is known about olfactory consciousness. Over the past decade and a half research in both the fields of Consciousness Studies and Olfaction has blossomed, however, olfactory consciousness has received little to no attention. The olfactory systems unique anatomy, functional organization, sensory processes, and perceptual experiences offers a fecund area for exploring all aspects of consciousness, as well as a external perspective for re-examining the assumptions of contemporary theories of consciousness. It has even been suggested that the olfactory system may represent the minimal neuroanatomy that is required for conscious processing. Given the variegated nature of research on consciousness, we include original papers concerning the nature of olfactory consciousness. The scope of the special edition widely incorporates olfaction as it relates to Consciousness, Awareness, Attention, Phenomenal- or Access-Consciousness, and Qualia. Research concerning olfaction and cross-modal integration as it relates to conscious experience is also address. As the initial foray into this uncharted area of research, we include contributions from across all disciplines contributing to cognitive neuroscience, including neurobiology, neurology, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and computer sciences. It is our hope that this Research Topic will serve as the impetus for future interdisciplinary research on olfaction and consciousness.

Author : Qiuyou Xie,Antonino Naro,Jianghong He,Pengmin Qin,Jiahui Pan,Yang Bai,Rocco Salvatore Calabrò
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832543658

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Pathophysiological mechanisms of disorders of consciousness: From the perspective of the abnormal neural oscillations by Qiuyou Xie,Antonino Naro,Jianghong He,Pengmin Qin,Jiahui Pan,Yang Bai,Rocco Salvatore Calabrò Pdf

Author : Andreas Keller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319336459

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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 : Andreas Keller,Benjamin D. Young
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000828597

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Theoretical Perspectives on Smell by Andreas Keller,Benjamin D. Young Pdf

Theoretical Perspective on Smell is the first collection of scholarly articles to be devoted exclusively to philosophical research on olfaction. The essays, published here for the first time, bring together leading theorists working on smell in a format that allows for deep engagement with the emerging field, while also providing those new to the philosophy of smell with a resource to begin their journey. The volume’s 14 chapters are organized into four parts: I. The Importance and Beauty of Smell II. Smell in Time and Space III. What We Perceive through Smell IV. Smell and Other Senses The collection solidifies the area as an important emerging branch of perceptual philosophy by presenting the cutting edge research being done by innovative early career researchers, as well as by those more senior and established within the field.

Author : A. S. Barwich
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,9 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 : Josh Weisberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108487832

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Qualitative Consciousness by Josh Weisberg Pdf

This interdisciplinary collection takes up themes from the philosophy of the influential philosopher of mind David Rosenthal.

Author : Daniel J. Nicholson,John Dupré
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 54,9 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 : Allen Barkkume
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781365292767

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Hidden Scents: The Language of Smell in the Age of Approximation by Allen Barkkume Pdf

Hidden Scents will vaporize you into an aromatic molecule, tickling the brain-fingers in your nose. A cacophony of receptor neurons activating and inhibiting, you become a recognized pattern and burst towards the limbic superhighway of the primitive organism. You are an emotion, a virtual body-state stored in memory, coming to life once again in the act of perception. In a breath, you are exhaled, washed away into the lexicographical maelstrom of the Language of Smell. Hidden Scents explores our consensual reality, and reveals its inherent ambiguity. On the surface, however, it is a book about the olfactive system, not only of the human but of human culture. In the concluding series of essays, olfaction is used as a paradigm for navigating issues on the threshold of public discourse: space and dimensionality, artificial intelligence, quantum theory, and the future of the internet. Be warned - you might never smell the same again.

Author : G. Neil Martin
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135090180

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The Neuropsychology of Smell and Taste by G. Neil Martin Pdf

Smell and taste are our most misunderstood senses. Given a choice between losing our sense of smell and taste, or our senses of sight and hearing, most people nominate the former, rather than the latter. Yet our sense of smell and taste has the power to stir up memories, alter our mood and even influence our behaviour. In The Neuropsychology of Smell and Taste, Neil Martin provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the role of the brain in gustation and olfaction. In his accessible and characteristic style he shows why our sense of smell and taste do not simply perform basic and intermittent functions, but lie at the very centre of our perception of the world around us. Through an exploration of the physiology, anatomy and neuropsychology of the senses; the neurophysiological causes of smell and taste disorders, and their function in physical and mental illness, Neil Martin provides an accessible and up-to-date overview of the processes of gustation and olfaction. The Neuropsychology of Smell and Taste provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research in olfactory and gustatory perception. With sections describing the effect of odour and taste on our behaviour, and evaluating the contribution current neuroimaging technology has made to our understanding of the senses, the book will be of interest to researchers and students of neuropsychology and neuroscience, and anybody with an interest in olfaction and gustation.

Author : Fernando Poyatos
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027297112

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Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines by Fernando Poyatos Pdf

Paralanguage and kinesics define the tripartite nature of speech. Volume 2 builds on Poyatos’ book Paralanguage (1993) – reviewed by Mary Key as “the most amplified description of paralanguage available today”. It covers our basic voice components; the many normal or abnormal voice types; the communicative uses of physiological and emotional reactions like laughter, crying, sighing, coughing, sneezing, etc.; and word-like utterances beyond the official dictionary. Kinesics is viewed from interactive, intercultural and cross-cultural, and literary perspectives, with much needed research principles for the realistic study of gestures, manners and postures in their intersystemic links. Applications are given in the social or clinical sciences, intercultural communication, literature, painting, theater and cinema, etc. Related to both paralanguage and kinesics are the many eloquent sounds produced bodily, by manipulated objects and by the environment. A discussion of silence and stillness as opposed to sound and movement and related to darkness and light, shows their true interactive status, coding, functions, qualifiers, intersystemic co-structurations, positive and negative functions, and cross-cultural attitudes toward silence. The first two volumes are then brought together in a detailed model for studying our interactions with people and the environment, including certain emitting and transmitting congenital or traumatic limitations.1608 quotations from 133 authors and 216 works vividly illustrate all topics.

Author : Amedeo D’Angiulli
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783036504124

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Vividness, Consciousness, and Mental Imagery by Amedeo D’Angiulli Pdf

Today in many studies, mental images are still either treated as conscious by definition, or as empirical operations implicit to completing some type of task, such as the measurement of reaction time in mental rotation, an underlying mental image is assumed, but there is no direct determination of whether it is conscious or not. The vividness of mental images is a potentially helpful construct which may be suitable, as it may correspond to consciousness or aspects of the consciousness of images. In this context, a complicating factor seems to be the surprising variety in what is meant by the term vividness or how it is used or theorized. To fill some of the gaps, the goal of the present Special Issue is to create a publication outlet where authors can fully explore through sound research the missing theoretical and empirical links between vividness, consciousness and mental imagery across disciplines, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, cognitive science, to mention the most obvious ones, as well as transdisciplinary methodological (single, combined, or multiple) approaches.

Author : Andrew Kettler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108490733

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The Smell of Slavery by Andrew Kettler Pdf

Slavery, capitalism, and colonialism were understood as racially justified through false olfactory perceptions of African bodies throughout the Atlantic World.

Author : Victoria Henshaw,Kate McLean,Dominic Medway,Chris Perkins,Gary Warnaby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317354611

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Designing with Smell by Victoria Henshaw,Kate McLean,Dominic Medway,Chris Perkins,Gary Warnaby Pdf

Designing with Smell aims to inspire readers to actively consider smell in their work through the inclusion of case studies from around the world, highlighting the current use of smell in different cutting-edge design and artistic practices. This book provides practical guidance regarding different equipment, techniques, stages and challenges which might be encountered as part of this process. Throughout the text there is an emphasis on spatial design in numerous forms and interpretations – in the street, the studio, the theatre or exhibition space, as well as the representation of spatial relationships with smell. Contributions, originate across different geographical areas, academic disciplines and professions. This is crucial reading for students, academics and practitioners working in olfactory design.

Author : Susan Pockett
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780595122158

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The Nature of Consciousness by Susan Pockett Pdf

Book Description: Few books about consciousness get to the nitty gritty as quickly as this one. By the end of the preface, the essence of the novel hypothesis that is at the heart of the book is clear. The reader is then taken on a stimulating intellectual journey that ranges from ancient Hindu religious texts to the most up-to-the minute papers in the neuroscience literature as the author supports and defends the hypothesis. If you have any interest at all in the academic field of consciousness studies, don't miss this book!

Author : Lathabhavan, Remya,Mishra, Nidhi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9798369320167

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Comparative Analysis of Digital Consciousness and Human Consciousness: Bridging the Divide in AI Discourse by Lathabhavan, Remya,Mishra, Nidhi Pdf

In today's digital age, the rapid advancement of AI and digital technologies has led to the emergence of digital consciousness, blurring the lines between human and machine thinking. At the same time, these technologies offer unprecedented convenience and efficiency but pose significant challenges. Individuals are increasingly facing issues such as stress, anxiety, and technology addiction, impacting their overall well-being and decision-making processes. The dichotomy between digital consciousness and human consciousness raises critical questions about how we can navigate these challenges in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. To address these pressing concerns, Comparative Analysis of Digital Consciousness and Human Consciousness: Bridging the Divide in AI Discourse offers a comprehensive exploration of the impacts of digital consciousness on human well-being and decision-making. This book delves into the paradoxes and challenges posed by the coexistence of digital and human consciousness, providing insights from psychological perspectives, practitioner experiences, and academic research. By offering a nuanced understanding of these concepts, we aim to equip readers with the knowledge and tools needed to manage the implications of digital consciousness in their personal and professional lives.