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Multisensory integration: an inner tongue puts an outer nose in context

By demonstrating that inactivation of gustatory cortex influences olfactory recognition, a new study finds that the interaction between taste and smell is bidirectional.

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Figure 1: STFP procedure.

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Yeshurun, Y., Sobel, N. Multisensory integration: an inner tongue puts an outer nose in context. Nat Neurosci 13, 148–149 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0210-148

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