Source: University Of California - Berkeley Date: October 9, 2007 Pleasant Odors Perceived The Same By Different Cultures Science Daily — Chinese, Africans and Indians may differ in what odors they find yummy, but they all perceive pleasantness in the same way, according to the findings of neurobiologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. A research subject hooked up to an olfactometer that delivers a whiff of scent to the subject's nose. (Credit: Rehan Khan/UC Berkeley) The findings shed light on a long-standing philosophical as well as scientific question: Is the...