Chris Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Strange eh?Kinda like why dosnt glue stick to the inside of the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Glue is down to an air tight seal.....let air in and it will solidify...As for you nose , your Brain interprets what signals it receives ,,,,,,,background clutter is filtered out subliminally , as a continual background smell would be filtered out, as it does not provide a new or changing stimulus.....You get so used to the smell , you cannot perceive it.....A good example of how your brain perceives its environment around it....An experiment was done on several people where they wore an optical device which rotated and reversed the image the subjects saw ....After a few days the subject's adapted to their new vision , by the end of two weeks their vision and actions were not inpaired.....The brain had adapted to this new input......On removal of the devices the subjects had become spatially aware deficient , and some even stated that every thing that they saw was upsidedown...... I am now doing a personal experiment with considerable volumes of wine and lager (as I'm not working tomorrow) tonight , to see if I can keep some semblance of coherence as the night rolls on.....Last night I lost the plot , due to sleep deprivation , so I'm seeing if i can build up some sort of resistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 A good example of how your brain perceives its environment around it....An experiment was done on several people where they wore an optical device which rotated and reversed the image the subjects saw ....After a few days the subject's adapted to their new vision , by the end of two weeks their vision and actions were not inpaired.....The brain had adapted to this new input......On removal of the devices the subjects had become spacially aware deficient , and some even stated that every thing that they saw was upsidedown...... A bit like 10 pints down the pub on a Friday night then. :lol: :D Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 innit.....................................! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VoG™ Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 There is a whole science behind the sensations of odour and flavour, how they are perceived, the receptors involved and so on. If you are desperately interested I can bung you a few websites. However please note that there are differences between e.g. those that make perfumes (Chanel) and those (like me) that are more interested in preventing taints in products.Perhaps you want an odour and flavour wheel (at least one exists).There are now "pong machines" that are used to detect odours and flavours in products such as champagne. They are more usually known as "electronic noses".Finally (to complete my PhD thesis) You will notice that I have (so far) avoided the word "taste". This is because you cannot (in a human) differentiate taste (the sensation on the tongue) from the odour that results from volatilisation into the olefactory tract. Hence the more modern term "flavour".Here endeth the lesson.P.S. I am not an expert on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 So ...if you want somebody to stick their nose into it....?.................Ask Vog.................! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 What a fascinating thread, learn something every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 Does anyone know why a smell should be revolting to one creature, but heaven to another? e.g. dogs smelling each others jacksie's, blue bottles settling on dog crap etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 P.S. I am not an expert on this.Well, you know hell of a lot more than most of us. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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