People miss out on the sensory cues that announce mealtime—the clattering of pots and the aromas of food on the stove.

He has since been proven correct: all sensory cues do end up there, arriving as electrical impulses in nerve fibers.

This suggests that place cells respond to complex stimuli rather than simple individual sensory cues.

Because different species rely on different senses, sensory ecologists seek to understand which environmental and sensory cues are more important in determining the behavioral patterns of certain species.

They also state that concerns have been raised that caffeine can mask some of the sensory cues individuals might normally rely on to determine their level of intoxication.