People who lack a sense of smell have enhanced social insecurities. March 22, 2012— -- Rebecca Cagle has heard that the smell of coffee can calm people in uncomfortable settings. But she has no ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joy Milne inherited a condition known as ‘hyperosmia’ from her grandmother and has put her incredible sense of smell to good use - ...

Of our five senses, smell might be the most ignored. And yet the role it plays in our lives is inescapable. Smell activates many parts of our brain, including our limbic system, which plays a key role ...

Beer smells like beer and a violet smells like a violet to everyone, right? Maybe not, according to the latest study that traced the way we smell to differences in our genes. It turns out that our ...

What if your sense of smell could detect something medicine couldn't yet see? Joy Milne noticed something strange about her ...

Learn more about the power of smell and its impact on memory and cognitive functioning. The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character. - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin The act ...