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After studying the chapter, you should be able to . . .
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Provide several examples that might serve to weaken Immanuel Kant's claim that our sense of smell is an inferior sense. |
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Explain why devising an odor classification scheme has proven difficult, and compare and contrast the methods of classification mentioned in the chapter. |
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Trace the neurological process of olfaction through the olfactory epithelium once an odorous vapor has reached this tissue. |
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Explain how olfactory sensory neurons differ from receptor neurons in the eyes and in the ears. |
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Continue to trace the neurological pathway once information has left the olfactory epithelium through the olfactory nerve to the brain. |
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Explain the factors involved in odor sensitivity (detection) and in coding odor intensity. |
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Explain the factors involved in odor identification, and discuss why identification can sometimes be difficult. |
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Explain what is meant by the "common chemical sense," and discuss its importance to olfaction. |
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Explain permanent and temporary disorders of olfaction. |
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Discuss the relationship between odors and memory. |
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Evaluate the evidence in human for a vomeronasal organ to detect sex pheromones. |