Noam Sobel

High-Fidelity Tuning of Olfactory Mixture Distances in the Perceptual Space of Smell Through a Community Effort

The paper presents an ensemble model that improves predictions of perceptual similarity between odor mixtures using a curated dataset and collaborative challenge results.

A cortical hierarchy of sensory representations from physical structure to idiosyncratic perception

The paper uses fMRI to show that sensory cortices reflect physical similarity more than idiosyncratic perceptual similarity, while the left angular gyrus reflects idiosyncratic similarity across modalities.

Sniffing the Human Body-Volatile Hexadecanal Blocks Aggression in Men but Triggers Aggression in Women

This study investigates the effect of hexadecanal, a human body-volatile, on aggression in men and women, finding it blocks aggression in men but triggers it in women.

Sniffing Out New Friends: Similarity in Body-Odor Predicts the Quality of Same-Sex Non-Romantic Dyadic Interactions

The paper finds that body-odor similarity predicts better same-sex non-romantic dyadic interactions using electronic nose and human smell ratings.

Local Targeted Memory Reactivation in Human Sleep

This study shows that targeted memory reactivation during sleep improves memory for specific words associated with local brain activity, modulating slow wave activity in the cued hemisphere.