Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans

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Jess Porter
Brent Craven
Rehan M Khan
Shao-Ju Chang
Irene Kang
Benjamin Judkewitz
Jason Volpe
Gary Settles
Noam Sobel
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[1] 299 Life Science Addition,Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
[2] MC 3200,Department of Psychology
[3] Program in Biophysics,Department of Neurobiology
[4] University of California Berkeley,undefined
[5] Penn State University,undefined
[6] University Park,undefined
[7] Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute,undefined
[8] University of California Berkeley,undefined
[9] University of California Berkeley,undefined
[10] Program in Bioengineering,undefined
[11] University of California Berkeley,undefined
[12] The Weizmann Institute of Science,undefined
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Nature Neuroscience | 2007年 / 10卷
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Whether mammalian scent-tracking is aided by inter-nostril comparisons is unknown. We assessed this in humans and found that (i) humans can scent-track, (ii) they improve with practice, (iii) the human nostrils sample spatially distinct regions separated by ∼3.5 cm and, critically, (iv) scent-tracking is aided by inter-nostril comparisons. These findings reveal fundamental mechanisms of scent-tracking and suggest that the poor reputation of human olfaction may reflect, in part, behavioral demands rather than ultimate abilities.
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