Although referred to in passing in several places, there have been few attempts to specify
the functions of the human olfactory system. This article presents an initial effort at identifying …

We critically review the cognitive literature on olfactory memory and identify the similarities
and differences between odor memory and visual-verbal memory. We then analyze this …

Detection Theory: A User's Guide is an introduction to one of the most important tools for the
analysis of data where choices must be made and performance is not perfect. In these …

Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and
undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of …

Signal detection theory--as developed in electrical engineering and based on statistical
decision theory--was first applied to human sensory discrimination 40 years ago. The …

Drawing on a modern neurocognitive framework, this full-color textbook introduces the entire
field of cognition through an engaging narrative. Emphasizing the common neural …

Cortical evoked potentials are of interest primarily as tests of changing neuronal
excitabilities accompanying normal brain function. The first three steps in the anal ysis of …

This monograph from a leading neuroscientist and neural networks researcher investigates
and offers a fresh approach to the perplexing scientific and philosophical problems of minds …

The Proust phenomenon is an enduring piece of folk wisdom that asserts that odors are
particularly powerful autobiographical memory cues. We provide a more formal exposition of …

A sample of empirical relative operating characteristics (ROCs) is presented, drawn both
from discrimination tasks in experimental psychology and from diagnostic tasks in several …