Neuropsychology of Smell and Taste

Informationen zum Autor G. Neil Martin is a Chartered Scientist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. As Director of the Human Olfaction Laboratory at Middlesex University, his research covers human olfaction and the effect of ambient odour on behaviour. He has written over a dozen books on psychology and teaches courses in neuropsychology, biological psychology, forensic psychology, health psychology and integrative medicine. He received his PhD in psychophysiology from the University of Warwick. Zusammenfassung In The Neuropsychology of Smell and Taste Neil Martin provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the role of the brain in gustation and olfaction. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Smell and taste: an introduction to the psychology of chemosensation. 2. Individual differences in smell and taste: Age, sex, personality and culture. 3. Smell and taste: Anatomy, development, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. 4. Psychophysiological and neuroimaging studies of smell and taste. 5. Disorders of smell and taste, and diseases associated with chemosensory impairment. 6. The neuro-psychology of flavour: multi-sensory interaction at the behavioural and neural level.

Product details

• Authors: G. Neil Martin, G. Neil (Middlesex University Martin, Martin G. Neil
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2013
• EAN: 9781848721005
• ISBN: 978-1-84872-100-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Brain, Behaviour and Cognition; Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Perception, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology