There are certain smells that conjure a specific time or place for me. That scent that comes with an electrical storm takes me to the New Hampshire lake where I used to spend summers as a child. The ...

Rose Garden in Nakanoshima, Osaka, Japan. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This has been edited for length and clarity. Justine Paradis: ...

Based on peer-reviewed research, the innovative program helps residents train their sense of smell to strengthen ...

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) ...

There are many ways to boost brain power, from exercising more often to learning new skills. But what about boosting the actual size of your brain? According to a new study, wearing the right kind of ...

One promising strategy to counter cognitive decline is through olfactory stimulation—engaging the sense of smell. Smell signals travel directly to brain regions involved in memory and emotion.

Research confirms Proust’s insight. Smell and taste have direct neural links to the hippocampus, which processes memory, and the amygdala, which processes emotions. This is why odour or taste‑evoked ...

TORONTO ― The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) has potential as an inexpensive, noninvasive test to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, a new study shows. In a study of ...