Olfaction, Emotion, and the Amygdala: arousal-dependent modulation of long-term autobiographical memory and its association with olfaction: beginning to unravel the Proust phenomenon?
The sense of smell is set apart from other sensory modalities. Odours possess the capacity to trigger immediately strong emotional memories. Moreover, odorous stimuli provide a higher degree of memory retention than other sensory stimuli. Odour perception, even in its most elemental form - olfaction...
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Appalachian State University Honors College
2004-06-01
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| Series: | Impulse: The Premier Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal |
| Online Access: | http://impulse.appstate.edu/reviews/2004/olfaction-emotion-and-amygdala-arousal-dependent-modulation-long-term-autobiographical- |