New research on what the nose 'knows' reveals an unexpected simplicity
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Two types of neuronal processors found in the rat olfactory bulb solve the difficult problem of identifying constantly fluctuating environmental odors through linear summation. A team working for 5 years across two continents have made thist surprising discovery, explaining that it's an operation no less straightforward than the one a child uses to add or multiply numbers.