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We're going to start off with the sense of smell, sometimes called the olfactory sense.
We're going to start off with the sense of smell, sometimes called the olfactory sense.
So what happens is you actually have what's referred to as olfactory fatigue.
So what happens is you actually have what's referred to as olfactory fatigue,
When we breathe in, receptor cells in the nose detect molecules in the air and send them to olfactory organs in the brain.
When we breathe in, receptor cells in the nose detect molecules in the air and send them to olfactory organs in the brain.
These receptors send information to the brain's olfactory bulb, then zips it onto the primary smell cortex and parts of the limbic system responsible for emotion and memory.
These receptors send information to the brain's olfactory bulb, then zips it on to the primary
It works by the principle of olfactory distraction.
It works by the principle of olfactory distraction.
pass through your mouth, around the soft palate, into the nasal cavity and to the olfactory
to the olfactory bulb.
But the ones that I think are closest to us and that we think of most often as olfactory champions are dogs.
the ones that I think are closest to us and that we think of most often as olfactory champions are dogs.
When this happens, the amoeba travels through the olfactory nerve, enters the brain, and destroys it.
When happens, the amoeba travels through the olfactory nerve, enters the brain, and destroys it.
It is true you have a specialized set of neurons in your olfactory bulb that are responsible for smell, as well as a specialized set of neurons in the so-called dentate gyrus of your hippocampus, an area of the brain that's important for memory, in which new neurons appear to be added throughout the lifespan.
It is true you have a specialized set of neurons in your olfactory bulb that are responsible for smell,
Once they're detected by receptors in your nose, the signal heads straight to your olfactory bulb, the smell-analyzing region in your brain.