Andrada Fiscutean

speaker

206 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 18 Sep

Andrada Fiscutean’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 1.

Appearances

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

Unexpected Elements · Unexpected enhancements · 22 May 2026 podcast

So first, they did a version of the standard sniffing sticks test.

So participants were asked to smell pens that had different concentrations of a chemical called N-butanol, which apparently has a strong sweet alcohol odor.

Some say it is banana-like.

So hopefully...

not too unpleasant to be sniffing.

On average, participants became more sensitive to the smell after the stimulation.

But there was also a second test.

Researchers checked electrical activity linked to the olfactory system, which is the system in our body responsible for our sense of smell.

They placed electrodes around the eyebrows of the participants to pick up signals, and those signals were measurably stronger after stimulation.

Exactly.

I do have to say, though, that the study was small.

There were only 28 people, all young and healthy.

But the idea is interesting.

The olfactory system is hard to reach because much of it sits deep inside the skull.

So using radio waves to stimulate it is pretty neat.

That's an interesting question, Katie.

The 2.45 gigahertz frequency is quite common in this sort of work.

So it's a typical frequency to use.

And it might also enhance our taste, which is interesting because smell and taste are connected.

But more work needs to be done in that area.

Showing 161–180 of 206 · page 9 of 11