PSNYのインスタグラム(oliasaunders) - 6月9日 20時47分
The scent of childhood
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You catch a whiff of pie and suddenly you’re immersed in a flurry of vivid memories, often from your childhood. What is it about smells that can trigger memories so strong and real it feels like you’ve been transported back in time?
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Scientists have long known that smells are one of the best ways to evoke the past. Studies have shown that memories triggered by smells are more vivid and more emotional than those triggered by sounds, pictures or words.
It’s known as “odor-evoked autobiographical memory” or the "Proust phenomenon", after French writer Marcel Proust. ?
Before reaching your thalamus, smells first wind their way through other regions of your brain, including areas controlling memory and emotion. So with scents, you have all this extra processing even before you have conscious awareness of the scent.
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