Psychology 2115A/B Lecture Notes - Olfactory Bulb, Olfactory Mucosa, Piriform Cortex

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By the end of this section, you should know: Flavour perception: sensory interaction of smell and taste. Taste and smell are phyogenetically old receptor systems in our bodies. The sensory systems that allow us to detect and discriminate tiny molecules in the environment and help us link external environmental cues and internal needs (thirst, hunger, etc. ) Unlike vision and auditory, taste and smell are emotionally vivid and perceptually vivid. Very much related to memory and cognition. We have pretty good memories for smell and taste can bring back memories of the past. Thought that maybe women are secreting pheromones in the environment that other women are picking up on, causing menstrual synchrony. Thought that this is a hold over our evolutionary past. Collected underarm secretions from 9 different women. Took the secretions and wiped them on the upper lip of recipient female subjects. Wanted to know whether the recipients would have synched menstrual cycles with the donor participants.

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