Superior orthonasal but not retronasal olfactory skills in congenital blindness.

Sight is undoubtedly important for finding and appreciating food, and cooking. Blind individuals are strongly impaired in finding food, limiting the variety of flavours they are exposed to. We have shown before that compared to sighted controls, congenitally blind individuals have enhanced olfactory...

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Main Authors: Lea Gagnon, Abd Rahman Alaoui Ismaili, Maurice Ptito, Ron Kupers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4379017?pdf=render