Our sense of smell profoundly influences taste, with the brain merging olfactory and gustatory signals to create flavour.

Taste and smell are so intimately connected that a whiff of well-loved foods evokes their taste without any conscious effort. Now, brain scans and machine learning have for the first time pinpointed ...

Findings indicate significant brain changes in COVID-19 patients with smell loss, suggesting links to emotional well-being ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the importance of smell, which was always an afterthought into the mainstream. One of the major symptoms of Covid-19 was loss of smell. As per a 2023 report titled Smell ...

Of the COVID-19 group, 1,393 thought they had issues with smell, and tests confirmed about 80 percent of them did.

June 20 -- THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- The olfactory bulb in the brain -- the brain's "smell center" -- may change in size as a person's sense of smell changes, a German study reports. In ...

Dan Wesson, Ph.D., and Sarah Sniffen are studying how odors take on meaning in the brain. (Photo by Nate Guidry/University of Florida) GAINESVILLE, Fla. – You wouldn’t microwave fish around your worst ...

Neurobiology expert reveals your sense of smell could predict longevity, affect memory, mood, and overall brain health.

Searching for new ways to help my senior patients improve and maintain cognitive functions, I came across an interesting research study from the University of California Irvine (Woo, C. et al. 2023) ...