Olfaction
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olfactory communication (animal)
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Scope Note
sensation or perception of scents or odors; sense of smell.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Olfaction is of central importance for most species All living organisms can detect and identify chemical substances in their environment.
- Olfaction is the sensory modality that is physically closest to the limbic system, of which the hippocampus and amygdala are a part, and which is responsible for emotions and memory.
- Olfaction is of major importance for the survuval of insects, the real experts on the sense of smell.
- The lack of olfaction is called anosmia.
- As an exception among birds, olfaction is important in the tubenoses.
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