The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell Paperback - 2008
by Rachel Herz
Discover the importance of smell in our lives, from food to sex to friendship, with this first book on the subject by the worlds leading scientific expert on this vital sense.
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Why do some people like a certain aroma and others hate it? Is smell personal or cultural? How does it affect our choices and our actions?
The Scent of Desire is the definitive psychological study of the importance of smell in our lives, from nourishment to procreation to our relationships with other people and the world at large. Located in the same part of the brain that processes emotion, memory, and motivation, this most essential of senses is imperative to our physical and emotional well-being. It was crucial to our ancestors' existence and it remains so today, profoundly shaping our emotional, physical, and even sexual lives.
One of the world's leading experts on the psychology of smell, Rachel Herz investigates how smell functions, what purpose it serves, and how inextricably it is linked to our survival in this compelling, surprising, delightfully informative appreciation of the wonders of this sadly neglected sense.
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- Title The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell
- Author Rachel Herz
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, U.S.A.
- Publication date 2008-10-14
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060825386 / 0060825383
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.92 x 5.3 x 0.73 in (20.12 x 13.46 x 1.85 cm)
- Category Psychology
- Library of Congress subjects Smell
- Dewey Decimal Code 152.166
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