Neural Processing at the Speed of Smell
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Neural Processing at the Speed of Smell
Olfaction is typically described as behaviorally slow, suggesting neural processes on the order of hundreds of milliseconds to seconds as candidate mechanisms in the creation of olfactory percepts. Whereas a recent study challenged this view in suggesting that a single sniff was sufficient for optimal olfactory discrimination, a study by Abraham et al. in this issue of Neuron sets out to negate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuron
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0896-6273
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.11.024