Can You Smell Quantum Vibrations?
In short: An exploration of the scientific debate between the shape theory and the controversial vibration theory of olfaction.
A 1:19 short film in the series “Mysteries Explained”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: EMBO Reports / Nature Publishing Group (via PMC), “The scent of life. The exquisite complexity of the sense of smell in animals and humans”; Nature, “A psychophysical test of the vibration theory of olfaction”; Nature, “Rogue theory of smell gets a boost”; NIH, “Molecular vibration-sensing component in Drosophila melanogaster olfaction”; National Institutes of Health, “Differential Electrophysiological Responses to Odorant Isotopologues in Drosophilid Antennae123”; Nature Neuroscience, “A psychophysical test of the vibration theory of olfaction”; Frontiers, “Status of the Vibrational Theory of Olfaction”; National Institutes of Health (NIH), “Implausibility of the vibrational theory of olfaction”.
Sources used in this film
- EMBO Reports / Nature Publishing Group (via PMC) — The scent of life. The exquisite complexity of the sense of smell in animals and humans · View →
- Nature — A psychophysical test of the vibration theory of olfaction · View →
- Nature — Rogue theory of smell gets a boost · View →
- NIH — Molecular vibration-sensing component in Drosophila melanogaster olfaction · View →
- National Institutes of Health — Differential Electrophysiological Responses to Odorant Isotopologues in Drosophilid Antennae123 · View →
- Nature Neuroscience — A psychophysical test of the vibration theory of olfaction · View →
- Frontiers — Status of the Vibrational Theory of Olfaction · View →
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) — Implausibility of the vibrational theory of olfaction · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: EMBO Reports / Nature Publishing Group (via PMC): The scent of life. The exquisite complexity of the sense of smell in animals and humans
- Also: Nature: A psychophysical test of the vibration theory of olfaction
- Also: Nature: Rogue theory of smell gets a boost
- Also: NIH: Molecular vibration-sensing component in Drosophila melanogaster olfaction
- Also: National Institutes of Health: Differential Electrophysiological Responses to Odorant Isotopologues in Drosophilid Antennae123
- Also: Nature Neuroscience: A psychophysical test of the vibration theory of olfaction
- Also: Frontiers: Status of the Vibrational Theory of Olfaction
- Also: National Institutes of Health (NIH): Implausibility of the vibrational theory of olfaction
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