Many people are understandably excited by the suggestion that the chemical senses can be
digitized; be it to deliver ambient fragrances (eg, in virtual reality or health-related …

Our experience of food and drink depends on more than merely the ingredients that have
been combined in a dish or drink and the way in which it has been prepared. There is …

The human sense of smell is powerful. However, the way we use smell as an interaction
modality in human–computer interaction (HCI) is limited. We lack a common reference point …

Although chemical signaling is an essential mode of communication in most vertebrates, it
has long been viewed as having negligible effects in humans. However, a growing body of …

Olfactory feedback for analytical tasks is a virtually unexplored area in spite of the
advantages it offers for information recall, feature identification, and location detection. Here …

We propose a novel type of olfactory device that creates a stereo-smell experience, ie,
directional information about the location of an odor, by rendering the readings of external …

Severe brain injury is a common cause of coma. In some cases, despite vigilance
improvement, disorders of consciousness (DoC) persist. Several states of impaired …

The cranial nerves are the pathways through which environmental information (sensation) is
directly communicated to the brain, leading to perception, and giving rise to higher cognition …

Background Sensitization to sensory stimuli is an essential feature of migraine attacks. The
relationship between the clinical course of migraine and increased sensitivity to olfactory …

Background Removal of the olfactory bulb (OB) leads to depression like behavior in rodents.
A link between depression and olfactory function is also established in humans. We …