The neuropsychology of smell and taste

“The neuropsychology of smell and taste” book provides a comprehensive, critical, up-to-date review and analysis of the role of the brain in two major and inter-related senses, gustation and olfaction. It describes the effect of odour and taste on behaviour and will evaluate the contribution of neuroimaging and cognitive neuropsychology to our understanding of the neural basis of olfactory and gustatory perception. It will describe the physiology, anatomy and neuropsychology of these senses, describe the neurophysiological causes of disorders of smell and taste and review the function of both systems in physical and mental illness. The book is an entry to Psychology Press’s ‘Brain damage, behaviour and cognition’ series, edited by Chris Code and Glyn Humphreys.