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  2. Olfactic communication - Wikipedia

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    Olfactic communication is a channel of nonverbal communication referring to the various ways people and animals communicate and engage in social interaction through their sense of smell. Our human olfactory sense is one of the most phylogenetically primitive [1] and emotionally intimate [2] of the five senses; the sensation of smell is thought ...

  3. Machine olfaction - Wikipedia

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    Machine olfaction is the automated simulation of the sense of smell. An emerging application in modern engineering, it involves the use of robots or other automated systems to analyze air-borne chemicals. Such an apparatus is often called an electronic nose or e-nose.

  4. Olfactory bulb - Wikipedia

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    The olfactory bulb transmits smell information from the nose to the brain, and is thus necessary for a proper sense of smell. As a neural circuit, the glomerular layer receives direct input from afferent nerves, made up of the axons from approximately ten million olfactory receptor neurons in the olfactory mucosa, a region of the nasal cavity.

  5. Escalator of Life - Wikipedia

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    "Escalator of Life" is a song from Robert Hazard's first mini-album Robert Hazard, released in 1982. [1] The song spent 9 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 58 on April 9, 1983. [2] The song is mentioned in the books Preaching the Incarnation [3] and Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir. [4]

  6. Sense of smell - Wikipedia

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    The sense of smell, or olfaction, [nb 1] is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived. [2] The sense of smell has many functions, including detecting desirable foods, hazards, and pheromones , and plays a role in taste .

  7. Olfactory memory - Wikipedia

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    The development of a sense of smell is also thought to have arisen to function as an arousal system. Once an odor enters into conscious memory, it can signal the presence of a threat, like the smell of gas or smoke. However, odor memory can also be an implicit or unconscious process.

  8. Olfactory system - Wikipedia

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    The olfactory system, is the sensory system used for the sense of smell (olfaction). Olfaction is one of the special senses directly associated with specific organs. Most mammals and reptiles have a main olfactory system and an accessory olfactory system. The main olfactory system detects airborne substances, while the accessory system senses ...

  9. Escalator - Wikipedia

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    "Escalator" was not a combination of other French or Greek words, and was never a derivative of "elevator" in the original sense, which means "one who raises up, a deliverer" in Latin. [21] Similarly, the root word " scala " does not mean "a flight of steps", but is the singular form of the plural noun " scalae ", which can denote any of: "a ...