Clean Smells and Moral Behavior (10-29-09)
Katie Liljenquist, a professor at Brigham Young University, recently led a study that corroborates earlier research on the importance of recognizing cultural associations to particular smells.
Katie Liljenquist, a professor at Brigham Young University, recently led a study that corroborates earlier research on the importance of recognizing cultural associations to particular smells.
Japanese researchers have recently determined that lemon, mango, and lavender scents (all of which contain linalool) are relaxing.
Are human scent preferences learned, or are they chemically determined?
Pheromones are “the chemicals used to communicate between individuals of the same species."
Richard Mooney and Stephen Shea, researchers at Duke University, have found out why scents are important triggers of long term memories of other individuals.
Dreams are affected by what people smell as they dream.
The smell of coffee does help wake you up.
Scientists from the Weismann Institute of Science have studied the human sense of smell and determined that there are general responses to smells, across all cultures.
The smell of burning frankincense has been scientifically shown to reduce anxiety and depression.
The link between sense of smell and emotion is well established.