Following prolonged neglect during the formative decades of behavioural neurology, the
temporopolar region has become a site of vibrant research on the neurobiology of cognition …

Most people find it profoundly difficult to name familiar smells. This difficulty persists even
when perceptual odor processing and visual object naming are unimpaired, implying …

Olfaction, the sense of smell, is characterized by a notable age-dependency such that aging
individuals are more likely to have poor olfactory abilities. These impairments are …

How the human brain translates olfactory inputs into diverse perceptions, from pleasurable
floral smells to sickening smells of decay, is one of the fundamental questions in olfaction …

Determining the valence of an odor to guide rapid approach–avoidance behavior is thought
to be one of the core tasks of the olfactory system, and yet little is known of the initial neural …

The olfactory sense is a particularly challenging domain for cognitive science investigations
of perception, memory, and language. Although many studies show that odors often are …

The anterior temporal lobe (ATL) sits at the confluence of auditory, visual, olfactory,
transmodal, and limbic processing hierarchies. In keeping with this anatomical …

The ɛ4 allele of the Apolipoprotein E gene is a genetic risk factor for late-onset dementia of
the Alzheimers' type (DAT), which is characterized by loss of both episodic memory and …

Characterizing aging-related decline trajectories in mental abilities, and relationships of the
ɛ4 allele of the Apolipoprotein gene, helps to identify individuals at high risk for dementia …

In this paper we analyze some key concepts and problems in olfaction and argue that many
concepts borrowed from vision are not helpful in elucidating the functions of human …