Human 's’ sense of smell might not be what it was thousands of years ago, but it is to this day our strongest sense. The olfactory sense has a direct link to the part of the brain that controls our emotions, memories, and our daily decisions. Based on research humans have close to 450 different types and somewhere in the range of billions of receptors in our nose a big number for such a small system in the human body, but this is nothing compared to dogs who have two times as many. Even though a human 's ability to smell is quite weak compared to other animals it is the humans strongest of the five senses and is a great contributor towards making those other senses stronger.Each individual 's sense of smell is also very closely linked with
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In a rare cases where people can not smell it is referred to as Asomnia. This alters all of our other senses significantly and closes off a big part of the world for those that cannot smell. It often goes unnoticed when people are born with it because it is not a visible defect on the body. Those that can not smell might not even know something is wrong because that part of them was never present. So how does someone pertain memories if they do not have access to aromas that would make a moment last forever in their minds? While it might be harder they still can hold memories it just might take more visual descriptions of said event to jog the brain back to that event. Others who lose their sense of smell later in life tend to have a difficult time recalling past memories that were once very vivid to them. Another study shows that loss of smells is a precursor to either Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. These two conditions have become more relevant in the past years and could possibly be better studied if this precursor of smell loss is picked up on …show more content…
The scent first travels to the olfactory bulb located on the front of the brain.This bulb then relays the information to either the left or right side of the brain to be processed. The left region of the brain works with positive emotions associated with smells while on the other hand the right deals with negative emotions and events.This entire act happens in a matter of seconds without our knowledge our brain has traveled to the deepest depths of our mind to pull out an inkling of info. Seconds to recall a past memory from your adolescents that you could hardly remember when staring at a simple
In a rare cases where people can not smell it is referred to as Asomnia. This alters all of our other senses significantly and closes off a big part of the world for those that cannot smell. It often goes unnoticed when people are born with it because it is not a visible defect on the body. Those that can not smell might not even know something is wrong because that part of them was never present. So how does someone pertain memories if they do not have access to aromas that would make a moment last forever in their minds? While it might be harder they still can hold memories it just might take more visual descriptions of said event to jog the brain back to that event. Others who lose their sense of smell later in life tend to have a difficult time recalling past memories that were once very vivid to them. Another study shows that loss of smells is a precursor to either Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. These two conditions have become more relevant in the past years and could possibly be better studied if this precursor of smell loss is picked up on …show more content…
The scent first travels to the olfactory bulb located on the front of the brain.This bulb then relays the information to either the left or right side of the brain to be processed. The left region of the brain works with positive emotions associated with smells while on the other hand the right deals with negative emotions and events.This entire act happens in a matter of seconds without our knowledge our brain has traveled to the deepest depths of our mind to pull out an inkling of info. Seconds to recall a past memory from your adolescents that you could hardly remember when staring at a simple