Tag: smell

Study suggests habitual coffee drinkers really do wake up and smell the coffee

From the University of Portsmouth press release: Regular coffee drinkers can sniff out even tiny amounts of coffee and are faster at recognising the aroma, compared to non-coffee drinkers, new… Read more »

Study explains why there are extensive individual differences in how we sense odors

From the Monell Chemical Senses Center press release: Several years ago the internet was captivated by the enigma of “the dress” — specifically, was the dress black and blue, or… Read more »

Study suggests that scent can compensate when fighting cravings for high-fat food

From the University of South Florida (USF Innovation) press release: Just a whiff of fried food may entice you to order a high-calorie meal. But breathe it in for longer… Read more »

Study suggests people who have better spatial memory are also better at identifying smells

From the McGill University press release: People who have better spatial memory are also better at identifying odors, according to a study published this week in Nature Communications. The study builds… Read more »

Study suggests people engaged in tasks may not notice new smells

From the University of Sussex press release: ‘Inattentional smell blindness’, or inattentional anosmia, has been proven to exist in a study from the University of Sussex. Just as it has… Read more »

Study suggests odors that carry social cues seem to affect volunteers on the autism spectrum differently

From the Weizmann Institute of Science press release: Autism typically involves the inability to read social cues. We most often associate this with visual difficulty in interpreting facial expression, but… Read more »