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olfaction: feature detection and integration  

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  • In our everyday lives we experience a large variety of smells, each one comprising several to thousands of different molecules. Our olfactory system has the amazing ability to detect and discriminate these odors based on the molecules that they comprise. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Olfaction: Feature Detection and Integration]

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