Putting whiffs into words

• Autores: Elizabeth Landau
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3014, 2015, pág. 27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Landau interviews university professor Asifa Majid about the importance of studying the language of olfaction. Majid cites specific languages which excel at describing smells. She also explains how good English speakers are at articulating what they smell and why they struggle when the jahai don't. Lastly, she shares some lessons from cross-cultural studies of smell.