Facilitation in olfactory detection
| Autor: | Theodore N. Bosack, Trygg Engen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1969 |
| Předmět: |
Sensory Adaptation
Communication Mucous Membrane Time Factors business.industry Respiration Infant Newborn General Medicine 1-Propanol Stimulus (physiology) Smell Perceptual-motor processes Solubility Alcohols Facilitation Limbic System Humans Detection theory Perception Psychology business Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | Journal of comparative and physiological psychology. 68(3) |
| ISSN: | 0021-9940 |
| Popis: | Olfactory sensitivity to n-aliphatic alcohols was determined by use of a yes-no signal detection procedure. The values of d’ for these compounds indicated higher sensitivity and less variability than has been shown previously by classical threshold methods. Self- and cross-adaptation studies demonstrated the usual decrement in sensitivity to one stimulus, following exposure to another stimulus, and in addition, cross-facilitation with certain stimulus pairings. The facilitating effects of one odorant upon the detection of another may be related to the differences in water solubilities of the odorants. |
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