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last but not least: context
december 29, 2006
learning to smell the roses
the smell of an odor is not merely a result of chemical detection but is also influenced by what the smeller learns about the odor. verbal context strongly influences the perception of odor quality. learning also changes odor quality. prolonged exposure to one odorant results in improved differentiation among related odorants (and even among novel related odorants).
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