Straight to the regions that store emotion and memory
Smell signals skip the brain’s usual relay station and head straight to the regions that store emotion and memory, which is why a scent can hit you before you’ve consciously identified it. “Smell sign...
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Smell signals skip the brain’s usual relay station and head straight to the regions that store emotion and memory, which is why a scent can hit you before you’ve consciously identified it. “Smell signals bypass the thalamus and go directly to the olfactory bulb and then quickly to the amygdala and hippocampus,” Dr. Drew Cumming, […]