Dr Norman Swan
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26,995 appearances
288 recordings
3 series
first heard Apr 2006
last heard 15 Sep
Dr Norman Swan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So that's I mean, th this is just general stuff about how you know this whole idea of aromatherapy is not nut job stuff.
This is stuff which has a physiological effect.
It may not be that specific aromas have specific therapeutic effects, but it could be.
That's a very good point.
No idea.
Well, we're notoriously bad at being roused from sleep by smells.
So for example, if there's a fire, smelling smoke doesn't always wake people up.
Even though you might be able to measure a response in the brain, which is why you need fire alarms, you need sound as well to do that.
You know, people have shown that you can interfere with sleep with, say, peppermint and you get certain cranial nerves, nerves that come directly from the brain, stimulated by smells such as peppermint.
And so there is a specificity to some odors.
Well, that goes to the story that we started this with, the question that we started with, which is the event that you chaired where they talked about really pungent odors having an effect on the brain which allows you to go back to sleep.
Right.
Right.
Do you want to tell us about that research?
Do you want to tell us about that research?
Vial vial vials.
Indeed.
It reminds me of our episode on cramps where and pickle juice.
Well that's the I that's the theory behind pickle juice is it hits the back of your throat and r and does something neurophysiologically to reset your brain.
And according to our correspondent Norman, it works like a dream.
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