Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers discovered that neural representations of smell in the cortex reflect chemical similarities between odors, allowing for categorization. The findings also suggest that sensory experiences can rewire these representations.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Sniffing out smell Harvard Medical School · Jul 2, 2020 · first to report
- How the brain senses smell Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT · Jul 29, 2020