Affective Sciences through the Chemical Senses

• Main Author: Valentina Parma (auth)
• Other Authors: Geraldine Coppin (auth), Bettina M. Pause (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; emotion; Valence; Affective Neuroscience; Olfaction; Chemosensory Communication
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In people's minds, smells, flavors and affective phenomena are perceived as closely linked. But is it genuinely the case? The scientific study of this question is a rapidly expanding field, both in healthy and in clinical populations. Although still under-studied in comparison to other sensory...