The Nose, an Emotional Time Machine - NYTimes.com

Citation added: August 6th, 2008, 3:31 pm
Importantly, the olfactory cortex is embedded within the brain’s limbic system and amygdala, where emotions are born and emotional memories stored. That’s why smells, feelings and memories become so easily and intimately entangled... Numerous studies have shown that smell memory is long and resilient, and that the earliest odor associations we make often stick.
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Study Uncovers Memory Aid: A Scent During Sleep - New York Times

Citation added: March 9th, 2007, 5:34 pm
The smell of roses — delivered to people’s nostrils as they studied and, later, as they slept — improved their performance on a memory test by about 13 percent.
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