If you’re washing down your fry order with a Sprite, sweet-salty interactions are bound to happen. “A bit of salt may enhance your perception of sweetness,” says Monell's Paul Wise, PhD...
"Smells aren’t better at retrieving memories than other stimuli, like things we see or hear, but the memories that smells elicit tend to be more vivid and emotional," says Monell's Pamela Dalton, PhD...
Whether the human sense of smell overall is declining or if we’re truly better at smelling body odor is still a mystery, but one thing is certain – the number of questions to explore in sensory science will likely continue to rise....
The large meta-analysis advances our understanding of the underrated symptom...
Unlike spring, summer and fall, which have strongly defined aromas (flowers in bloom, beaches, decaying leaves), the current season is marked by the scent of nothing. Nothing’s growing. Nothing’s dying. It’s a kind of olfactory pause. But snow has a scent, and researchers say that scent...
Project is relevant to COVID-induced cases, as well as other taste and smell disorders...
Researchers worked out which receptors in your nose detect particular scent molecules, and found evidence of evolutionary change in some of these genes....
55 years after its initial contribution, the Monell Foundation makes a transformational investment....
Scientists are piecing together why some people lose their sense of smell after contracting Covid-19. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Genetics identified a genetic risk factor associated with the loss of smell after a Covid infection, a discovery that brings experts closer to...
Chuck McGinley, a chemical engineer, stepped out of his car, eyed the smokestack of an animal processing plant rising above the treetops, and inhaled deeply. At first he smelled nothing except the faint, sweet fragrance of the nearby trees. Suddenly, the wind picked up. “We have...