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Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction Retronasal Smell and the New Age of Flavor | p. 1 |
Noses and Smells | |
The Revolution in Smell and Flavor | p. 11 |
Dogs, Humans, and Retronasal Smell | p. 19 |
How the Mouth Fools the Brain | p. 28 |
The Molecules of Flavor | p. 33 |
Making Pictures of Smells | |
Smell Receptors for Smell Molecules | p. 47 |
Forming a Sensory Image | p. 59 |
Images of Smell: An "Aha" Moment | p. 66 |
A Smell Is Like a Face | p. 76 |
Pointillist Images of Smell | p. 85 |
Enhancing the Image | p. 92 |
Creating, Learning, and Remembering Smell | p. 99 |
Creating Flavor | |
Smell and Flavor | p. 109 |
Taste and Flavor | p. 117 |
Mouth-Sense and Flavor | p. 128 |
Seeing and Flavor | p. 135 |
Hearing and Flavor | p. 143 |
The Muscles of Flavor | p. 147 |
Putting It Together: The Human Brain Flavor System | p. 155 |
Why It Matters | |
Flavor and Emotions | p. 165 |
Flavor and Memory: Reinterpreting Proust | p. 174 |
Flavor and Obesity | p. 184 |
Decisions and the Neuroeconomics of Flavor and Nutrition | p. 192 |
Plasticity in the Human Brain Flavor System | p. 200 |
Smell, Flavor, and Language | p. 207 |
Smell, Flavor, and Consciousness | p. 216 |
Smell and Flavor in Human Evolution | p. 224 |
Why Flavor Matters | p. 233 |
Bibliography | p. 243 |
Index | p. 257 |
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