According to some at the Monell Institute, including Dr. Rachel Herz, a cognitive psychologist doing research at the institute, "there is anatomical and evolutionary support for the unique relationship between odors and emotion in memory. The olfactory system has more connection that the other senses to the brain's limbic system, an araea involved in both emotion and memory. Further, the limbic system appears to have evolved from the olfactory bulb. "One way to think about this," she maintains, "is that we would not have emotion if we did not have the sense of smell."
Check out the Monell Website: www.monell.org
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