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Asked 18 March 2017

Can you share the proposal of your project?

bonjour! my name is Natalie Bouchard. I am a PhD student in Cognitive Science / Philosophy at Université du Québec à Montréal. My research is about the influence of the olfactory memory over our spatiotemporal perception of the environment. Can I learn more about your research on Odor perception in space? thank you.

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Martin Ratte
University of Quebec in Montreal
Bonjour Nathalie, Je n'ai malheureusement pas d'expertise sur la perception des odeurs dans l'espace. Cependant, j'ai déjà lu, il y a de cela assez longtemps, un livre sur la base neurologique de la perception, et le type de perception dont se servait l'auteur pour illustrer ses thèses était la perception olfactive. Le livre en question est: How brains make up their minds (2001), de Walter J. Freeman. Bonne lecture! 
Natalie Bouchard
University of Quebec in Montreal
merci pour cette suggestion Martin! je vais 'tchéquer' ça :) sinon je n'avais pas compris que tous verrait ma question! :-/ a+

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