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The Science of Smell and How It Affects Your Brain
16:41 - 32:07 (15:26)
The act of smelling impacts how your brain functions, what you can learn, and what you can’t learn. Scientists have discovered that if human subjects are restricted to breathing through their nose, they learn better, as the neurons that respond to things like smoke are highly adaptive in terms of detecting the threat of some kind.
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A research study on the impact of human tears did not completely investigate how gender affects the smell of tears.
16:41 - 20:28 (03:47)
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A research study on the impact of human tears did not completely investigate how gender affects the smell of tears. Additionally, the study only tested male subjects with authentic tears.
ChapterThe Science of Smell and How It Affects Your Brain
EpisodeHow Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You
PodcastHuberman Lab
The act of smelling impacts how the brain functions and what can be learned.
20:28 - 28:20 (07:52)
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The act of smelling impacts how the brain functions and what can be learned. Different odorant compounds stimulate neurons in the mucus, affecting brain pathways and neurons that respond to smells and pheromones.
ChapterThe Science of Smell and How It Affects Your Brain
EpisodeHow Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You
PodcastHuberman Lab
Breathing through your nose instead of your mouth or a combination of both can improve learning, according to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
28:20 - 32:07 (03:46)
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Breathing through your nose instead of your mouth or a combination of both can improve learning, according to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience. Inhaling as an action is powerful in helping you focus and remember information, as it is the most primitive and primordial sense by which humans interact with their environment and bring chemicals into their system.