Nasal airflow engages central olfactory processing and shapes olfactory percepts.
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SUBMITTER: Yao F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7661314 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
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Nasal airflow engages central olfactory processing and shapes olfactory percepts.
Yao Fangshu F Ye Yuting Y Zhou Wen W
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20201028 1937
Binding of airborne odour molecules to olfactory receptors at the top of the nasal cavity gives rise to our rich olfactory experience. Whether airflow plays a role in human olfactory perception beyond the transportation of odorants is scantly known. Combining psychophysical measures with strict controls of nasal flow parameters, we demonstrate in four experiments that the perceived intensity of a unilaterally presented odour decreases systematically with the amount of contralateral nasal airflow ...[more]
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