Exploring the gustatory and the olfactory systems through interactive activities: the undergraduate student's version.

Background

Gustation and Olfaction are sensory pathways that are continuously used by humans. Both play an important role in environmental perception and cognition. They are also involved in complex processes of interaction with other bodily systems and regions of the brain. Gustation and olfaction will be explored via guided-learning through a set of eight interactive stations. The eight stations have been developed for students to discover and experiment with the complexity of gustation and olfaction and their interactions with each other. This lab is designed to complement lecture material on gustatory and olfactory pathways to the brain and concludes with a multiple choice questions.

Faculty who wish to run this activity with their undergraduate students need to request the instructor’s version which contains the following: a list of items to purchase, the preparation guide, the time and class management guide, the possible variants of the activities, the tips to consider, the possible ways to collect student’s data using learning management system or online surveys and the answers to the worksheet. To request the instructor’s version, please send an email using your professional address with your name, position, institution, class level to the following email: ghb2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu. 

Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Premedical division, 24144, Doha, Qatar