Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the ...

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

Sniffing out smell: How the brain organizes information about odors Date: July 2, 2020 Source: Harvard Medical School Summary: Neuroscientists describe for the first time how relationships between ...

In a nutshell Researchers identified two distinct brain pathways that determine whether an odor feels pleasant or threatening ...

In the brain, smell and sight are closer friends than we thought New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

Scientists uncover how the brain decides if a smell is good or bad - and why it matters for mood, memory, and health.

Smell is the only sense that has a "direct superhighway into the memory centers of the brain," Leon said, "and consequently has a far greater impact (on memory) than those other senses." ...

A smell detector which uses synthetic brain cells and artificial intelligence could improve staff safety in prisons and ...

How does our brain process the essence of a scent? Is it like a painting – a snapshot of the flickering activity of cells – captured in a moment in time? Or like a symphony, an evolving ensemble of ...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, at least 500,000 Alabamians have experienced extended smell and taste loss, says Do-Yeon Cho, M.D., director of the Comprehensive Smell and Taste Clinic and an ...

A study in Nature found the area of the brain most impacted by a COVID-19 infection is related to smell. How long the damage lasts isn't known.