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Shepherd, Gordon M. Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine. Columbia University Press, 2017.
The book identifies odor molecules carried to the nose during exhalation as retronasal smell and treats that route as central to wine flavor.
Gordon M. Shepherd, Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine (Columbia University Press, 2017), 3 (physical PDF 17).
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Retronasal smell in tasting
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Gordon M. Shepherd, Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine (Columbia University Press, 2017), printed 3; physical PDF 17. Ebook ISBN 9780231542876.
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