September 19, 2008

Aromatherapy's Mind-Smell Connection

Why is smell so strongly linked to memory and emotion?Why is smell so strongly linked to memory and emotion? It is not fully understood, but this is no surprise as the complexities of brain activity are still far from being unravelled and understood. The brain holds far more secrets than we have discovered. What is known is that the sense of smell is registered in a part of the brain which was already developed in our earliest ancestors.The limbic area of the brain was well developed before…

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