Hi folks,
Just wanted to mention that there are human cultures where smell is
considered equally important if not more so than vision. I can't speak for
them having more words for smells, but the interested should consult the
following article, which is one of my favorites anyway.
Ethnopsychologies: Cultural variations in theories of
mind. (Print (Paper); Journal Article) Lillard, Angeline. Psychological
Bulletin, 1998 Jan Vol 123(1) 3-32
Joe Hatcher
Ripon College
Ripon, Wi USA
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> From: Deborah Briihl
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 8:31 AM
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> Subject: Re: Fwd: Color names
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> I can think of a reason - humans are vision oriented. If we want to know
> more about something, we look at it, we hold images in our head. Taste
> strongly interacts with our other senses, so, while we have 4 basic tastes
>
> (OK, maybe 5), our sense of flavor comes from taste, smell, vision,
> texture, temperature, etc. We often say, gee that food looks good.
> Because,
> while taste is critical, if it doesn't look good, we don't want to eat it
> (or find it less appealing).
> Oh, BTW, we tech. have fewer types of receptors for vision than for smell.
>
> 3 cones, 1 rod for vision, 4 basic ways of tasting, and, at last count, at
>
> least 1,000 binding proteins for smell.
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