Different representations of pleasant and unpleasant odours in the human brain.

Journal article

Odours are important in emotional processing; yet relatively little is known about the representations of the affective qualities of odours in the human brain. We found that three pleasant and three unpleasant odours activated dissociable parts of the human brain. Pleasant but not unpleasant odours were found to activate a medial region of the rostral orbitofrontal cortex. Further, there was a correlation between the subjective pleasantness ratings of the six odours given during the investiga...

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Authors: Rolls, E; Kringelbach, M; de Araujo, I

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: European journal of neuroscience
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 695-703
• Publication date: 2003-08-01
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02779.x
• EISSN: 1460-9568
• ISSN: 0953-816X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Brain; Smell; Frontal Lobe; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Emotions; Male; Gyrus Cinguli; Philosophy; Olfactory Pathways; Humans; Odors; Entorhinal Cortex; Brain Mapping; Oxygen