How doe a mammal know what a smell is, and more importantly, how does a mammal learn new smells?
Recent research suggests that different kinds of neurons reorganize in novel ways in response to olfactory signals to produce an olfactory memory.
Below is a video made by the research team that explains this. If that video does not render correctly for you, click here to see it on the original page.
From the press release:
The human brain has the ability to recognise and process a very wide range of sensory stimuli, from which it builds a mental representation. But do these representations…
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