Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters

by Gordon M. Shepherd

Book Overview

Leading neuroscientist Gordon M. Shepherd embarks on a paradigm-shifting trip through the "human brain flavor system," laying the foundations for a new scientific field: neurogastronomy. Challenging the belief that the sense of smell diminished during human evolution, Shepherd argues that this sense, which constitutes the main component of flavor, is far more powerful and essential than previously believed.

Shepherd begins Neurogastronomy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231159102
• ISBN13: 9780231159104
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher