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Limitations in odour simulation may originate from differential sensory embodiment

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Across diverse lineages, animals communicate using chemosignals, but only humans communicate about chemical signals. Many studies have observed that compared with other sensory modalities, communication about smells is relatively rare and not always reliable. Recent cross-cultural studies, on the other hand, suggest some communities are more olfactorily oriented than previously supposed. Nevertheless, across the globe a general trend emerges where olfactory communication is relatively hard. W...

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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1098/rstb.2019.0273

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Royal Society
Journal:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences More from this journal
Volume:
375
Issue:
1800
Article number:
20190273
Publication date:
2020-04-20
Acceptance date:
2020-02-20
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EISSN:
1471-2970
ISSN:
0962-8436
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1249343
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pubs:1249343
Deposit date:
2022-04-03

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