The evolutionary function of conscious information processing is revealed by its task-dependency in the olfactory system
Although many responses to odorous stimuli are mediated without olfactory information being consciously processed, some olfactory behaviors require conscious information processing. I will here contrast situations in which olfactory information is processed consciously to situations in which it is p...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00062/full |