Frontiers in Psychology | |
Attention and Olfactory Consciousness | |
Andreas Keller1  | |
关键词: olfaction; attention; consciousness; odor; orbitofrontal cortex; piriform cortex; | |
DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00380 | |
学科分类:心理学(综合) | |
来源: Frontiers | |
【 摘 要 】
Understanding the relation between attention and consciousness is an important part of our understanding of consciousness. Attention, unlike consciousness, can be systematically manipulated in psychophysical experiments and a law-like relation between attention and consciousness is waiting to be discovered. Most attempts to discover the nature of this relation are focused on a special type of attention: spatial visual attention. In this review I want to introduce another type of attention to the discussion: attention to the olfactory modality. I will first clarify the position of attention to smells in a general taxonomy of attention. I will then review the mechanisms and neuroanatomy of attention and consciousness in the olfactory system before using the newly introduced system to provide evidence that attention is necessary for consciousness.
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CC BY
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