The fact that certain smells cause us pleasure or disgust would seem to be a matter of personal taste. But new research at the Weizmann Institute shows that odors can be rated on a scale of pleasantness, and this turns out ...
Sep 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Associate professor Don Katz sits in his modest office while a colleague makes a cappuccino next door. The small machine gurgles and churns and the smell of fresh brewed coffee wafts through the air.
Jul 8, 2011
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(Medical Xpress) -- Would your favorite dinner taste the same if you could not smell it? Does a sense of smell require a sense of taste? Katz, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, set out to find some answers.
May 2, 2011
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In her time at Duke, Khanh Vien figures she's dissected close to 10,000 fly brains. For her Ph.D. she spent up to eight hours each day peering at baby flies under the microscope, teasing out tiny brains a fraction the size ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Researchers and patient advocates from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, Smell and Taste Association of North America (STANA), and Thomas Jefferson University came together during the COVID-19 pandemic to incorporate patient ...
Jun 11, 2024
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Losing the ability to smell properly—a common sensory deficit as people age—may help predict or even contribute to the development of heart failure, new research suggests.
Jun 10, 2024
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Why can some people easily stop eating when they are full and others can't, which can lead to obesity? A Northwestern Medicine study has found one reason may be a newly discovered structural connection between two regions ...
May 16, 2024
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The sense of smell is highly influenced by the cues from other senses, while the sense of sight and hearing are affected to a much lesser extent, shows a new study in Journal of Neuroscience, titled "Olfactory categorization ...
Apr 5, 2024
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A decade ago, in a field of orange trees in southern Greece, Stéphane Tawil realized that he had lost his sense of smell—completely.
Mar 5, 2024
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One of the most persistent and debilitating symptoms of COVID-19 is anosmia or loss of smell. Researchers at INRAE and ENVA have discovered that a corticoid treatment could help restore the olfactory capacities affected by ...
Feb 29, 2024
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