Prevalent beliefs in both scientific and popular culture are 1) humans have a poor sense of smell, and 2) smell plays a minimal role in social behavior. However, this consensus is shifting with researchers even suggesting olfaction influences mate choice. Still, studies of odor-…
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One’s perception of the world is personal. Different people can experience the same sensory stimulus in myriad ways, and the same person can experience the same sensory stimulus differently across time. What factors cause sensory experiences to differ? While daunting, identifyin…
The chronically ill participants in this study are vulnerable experts in life’s uncertainties, and have become aware over time of multiple medical and social needs and practices. But, unlike the hypo-aware respondents documented in some studies of diabetes mellitus Type 1, these…
Olfactory perception is as sociocultural a phenomenon as it is a physiological one. Scents of all types and the meanings assigned to them contribute to and shape human cultures, and humans have deliberately manipulated smells to sway the opinions and value judgements of others s…
Most studies which have addressed the chemoreception capabilities of marine species have focused on either coral reef fishes or salmonids. Very little literature exists addressing these mechanisms in temperate fish species despite many of these populations being in decline due t…