Neurogastronomy: how the brain creates flavor and why it matters

pt. 1. Noses and smells. The revolution in smell and flavor

Dogs, humans, and retronasal smell

How the mouth fools the brain

The molecules of flavor

pt. 2. Making pictures of smells. Smell receptors for smell molecules

Forming a sensory image

Images of smell : an "aha" moment

A smell is like a face

Pointillist images of smell

Enhancing the image

Creating, learning, and remembering smell

pt. 3. Creating flavor. Smell and flavor

Taste and flavor

Mouth-sense and flavor

Seeing and flavor

Hearing and flavor

The muscles of flavor

Putting it together : the human brain flavor system

pt. 4. Why it matters. Flavor and emotions

Flavor and memory : reinterpreting Proust

Flavor and obesity

Decisions and the neuroeconomics of flavor and nutrition

Plasticity in the human brain flavor system

Smell, flavor, and language

Smell, flavor, and consciousness

Smell and flavor in human evolution

Why flavor matters.

The revolution in smell and flavor

Dogs, humans, and retronasal smell

How the mouth fools the brain

The molecules of flavor

Making pictures of smells

Smell receptors for smell molecules

Forming a sensory image

Images of smell : an "aha" moment

A smell is like a face

Pointillist images of smell

Enhancing the image

Creating, learning, and remembering smell

Creating flavor

Smell and flavor

Taste and flavor

Mouth-sense and flavor

Seeing and flavor

Hearing and flavor

The muscles of flavor

Putting it together : the human brain flavor system

Why it matters

Flavor and emotions : "images of desire"

Flavor and memory : reinterpreting Proust

Flavor and obesity

Decisions and the neuroeconomics of flavor and nutrition

Plasticity in the human brain flavor system

Smell, flavor, and language

Smell, flavor, and consciousness

Smell and flavor in human evolution

Why flavor matters.