The four different odors and their labels were chosen based on a pilot study which checked that participants would see them as matching up. In this final study, 20 participants aged 20-39 years old ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers investigated the response of individual neurons in specific regions of the brain to olfactory cues. Through neural activity recordings during odor ...

Our sense of smell has a powerful effect on our behavior and emotions. Aromas can evoke vivid memories of the past or warn us of a smoldering fire. Yet to neuroscientists, smell remains the most ...

Human hippocampal connectivity is more robust in olfaction than other sensory systems. The primary olfactory cortex in humans evolved without re-routing functional connectivity between the brain's ...