Reducing the use of calorific sweeteners in sugar-sweetened beverage while, at the same
time, maintaining the perceived sweetness is an important issue for the food industry given …

Although stress is an increasing global health problem in cities, urban green spaces can
provide health benefits. There is, however, a lack of understanding of the link between …

Our food choices and consumption behaviours are often influenced by odour hedonics,
especially in the case of those orthonasally experienced aromas (that is, those odours that …

How the human brain translates olfactory inputs into diverse perceptions, from pleasurable
floral smells to sickening smells of decay, is one of the fundamental questions in olfaction …

Determining the valence of an odor to guide rapid approach–avoidance behavior is thought
to be one of the core tasks of the olfactory system, and yet little is known of the initial neural …

Animal models of posttraumatic stress disorder are useful tools to reveal the neurobiological
basis of the vulnerability to traumatic events, and to develop new treatment strategies, as …

Background Odor-driven behaviors such as feeding, mating, and predator avoidance are
crucial for animal survival. The neural pathways processing these behaviors have been well …

Preparedness theory is one of the most influential ideas in explaining the origin of specific
phobias. The theory proposes that fear conditioning is selective to animals that have posed …

Preference tests (also referred to as preference assessments) in applied animal settings, are
often utilised to facilitate the selection of stimuli or events for applications such as animal …

The vomeronasal system plays an essential role in sensing various environmental chemical
cues. Here we show that mice exposed to blood and, consequently, hemoglobin results in …