DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x25102975 ISSN: 0140-525X
The case of conscious olfaction
Géraldine CoppinAbstract
Fleming and Michel propose that conscious vision supports model-based planning, which they link to the water-to-land transition. However, the water-to-land transition may have impacted vision more than other sensory modalities. I argue that for human olfaction, which is tuned to implicit processing and high emotional salience, consciousness might often be considered as an add-on more than a necessity.