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1 Sense of Smell

2 Come up with a list of knowledge claims related to smell

3 How do we know something from our sense of smell?
Bag Activity How did you know What didn’t you know What knowledge issues can you think of connected to our sense of smell

4 Smell and Memory the Proust phenomenon’ as ‘the ability of odours spontaneously to cue autobiographical memories which are highly vivid, affectively toned and very old’. How many people have ever experienced a memory because of a particular smell?

5 Smells can boost a realistic mental image into existence
Emotion, retrieval of memories, and sensation all happen on the right side of the brain

6 How does Smell happen? Molecules land on tissue high up in your nose
This information is translated into electrical impulses sent to your brain Lock and Key Analogy: Incoming chemical or impulse is the key that fits on the lock on the nerve. Then an unknown reaction triggers the nerve to generate some electrical impulses Impulses go to the limbic area of the brain

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8 Aromatherapy, Science or Hogwash?
Mandarin Essential Oil Mandarin Essential Oil is a favorite of children and parents. Of all the citrus oils, Mandarin Oil is the sweetest and tends to be the most calming. If desiring to use a citrus oil in the evenings before bed or with children, Mandarin Essential Oil is usually the best choice.

9 What else do we know from our sense of smell?

10 How to choose a mate?

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