ABSTRACT
What occurs in the cranium can only be inferred. When a perfectly enjoyable meal is consumed or an exhilarating walk in a blooming garden includes the pleasures of fragrances carried on the wind, only the individual can experience such sensory pleasures. Although advances in brain imaging have made significant clinical impact, the biomedical community cannot yet relay the emotions, the feelings, or even the basic sensory components of such experiences to an outside observer. Hence, investigators wishing to quantify, or even approximate, these experiences must rely, at least in part, on the psychophysical approach.
