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The Special Connection Between Smell and Memory

The Special Connection Between Smell and Memory

Short Wave · NPR

November 26, 202012m 24s

Show Notes

Why can a smell trigger such a powerful memory? Biological anthropologist Kara Hoover explains what's going on in the brain when we smell, how smell interacts with taste, and why our sense of smell is heightened in the winter. (Encore episode.)

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