Have you happened to walk inside a house after a long time and feel a specific scent that takes you back to a past moment? Or when on the road, you smell a perfume similar to your mom's and you feel the urge to call her right away?
Have you ever wondered why certain scents bring back specific memories to your mind?
1. It is the anatomy of the brain that closely connects our memory and smells
That part of the brain that deals with scents is called the olfactory bulb: this structure sends information to other parts of the brain and especially to the hypothalamus, which plays an essential role in creating new memories of whatever kind of thing happens to us. In our brain, these two parts are very close to each other.
2. Tastes also go back in time.
According to science, the foods we consume are a combination of different aromas and flavors. Therefore when you eat something certain, it is your brain that connects it to a certain moment from a past period of life.
3. Fragrances help you train your brain.
The power of smell also greatly affects the daily training of our brain. Scientists say that smelling different scents, memorizing and identifying them helps you improve cognitive skills that are not related to scents, for example: the ability to produce as many words as possible from a certain category.
The process called "scent training" encourages people to smell and memorize scents in order to strengthen the brain.
Source: Bright Side
