Jonas Olofsson

Those people who lose their sense of smell often report that their love lives suffer, so they don't feel as connected to their partner. And oftentimes they might not be aware that it's the sense of smell that brought about this close emotional tie between them.

Those people who lose their sense of smell often report that their love lives suffer, so they don't feel as connected to their partner. And oftentimes they might not be aware that it's the sense of smell that brought about this close emotional tie between them.

Those people who lose their sense of smell often report that their love lives suffer, so they don't feel as connected to their partner. And oftentimes they might not be aware that it's the sense of smell that brought about this close emotional tie between them.

So this has been debated and for a long time, many people assumed that the human sense of smell was atrophied or underdeveloped. But recently, there have been efforts to try to combine everything that we know about how faint smells can humans detect. versus non-human animals, and then compare the two.

So this has been debated and for a long time, many people assumed that the human sense of smell was atrophied or underdeveloped. But recently, there have been efforts to try to combine everything that we know about how faint smells can humans detect. versus non-human animals, and then compare the two.

So this has been debated and for a long time, many people assumed that the human sense of smell was atrophied or underdeveloped. But recently, there have been efforts to try to combine everything that we know about how faint smells can humans detect. versus non-human animals, and then compare the two.

But as far as we know, humans are only outclassed by the dog in terms of how many molecules we can detect at a very low concentration. So only the dog is clearly superior to us. And so it's unfortunate to us that we interact with dogs a lot, so we compare our noses to theirs. They are perhaps the outlier, whereas we have a very strong sense of smell, better than most animals that we have studied.

But as far as we know, humans are only outclassed by the dog in terms of how many molecules we can detect at a very low concentration. So only the dog is clearly superior to us. And so it's unfortunate to us that we interact with dogs a lot, so we compare our noses to theirs. They are perhaps the outlier, whereas we have a very strong sense of smell, better than most animals that we have studied.

But as far as we know, humans are only outclassed by the dog in terms of how many molecules we can detect at a very low concentration. So only the dog is clearly superior to us. And so it's unfortunate to us that we interact with dogs a lot, so we compare our noses to theirs. They are perhaps the outlier, whereas we have a very strong sense of smell, better than most animals that we have studied.

So the sense of smell is much better than people typically give it credit for.

So the sense of smell is much better than people typically give it credit for.

So the sense of smell is much better than people typically give it credit for.

Yeah, so odors are basically molecules that are released from a type of surface and they are airborne. So they have to be of a certain molecular weight in order to be carried by the air. They can't be too heavy. But they are carried in the air and they are part of the air that we are sniffing and inhaling when we breathe in through our nose.

Yeah, so odors are basically molecules that are released from a type of surface and they are airborne. So they have to be of a certain molecular weight in order to be carried by the air. They can't be too heavy. But they are carried in the air and they are part of the air that we are sniffing and inhaling when we breathe in through our nose.

Yeah, so odors are basically molecules that are released from a type of surface and they are airborne. So they have to be of a certain molecular weight in order to be carried by the air. They can't be too heavy. But they are carried in the air and they are part of the air that we are sniffing and inhaling when we breathe in through our nose.

So on the top of the nasal cavity we have millions of little nervous cells so that the nervous system is actually exposed in the nasal cavity and there these molecules interact directly with the sensors on the nerve cells and the nerve cells

So on the top of the nasal cavity we have millions of little nervous cells so that the nervous system is actually exposed in the nasal cavity and there these molecules interact directly with the sensors on the nerve cells and the nerve cells

So on the top of the nasal cavity we have millions of little nervous cells so that the nervous system is actually exposed in the nasal cavity and there these molecules interact directly with the sensors on the nerve cells and the nerve cells

communicate they send an electric signal through little holes at the roof of the the nasal cavity and the base of the skull actually has little perforations and those those little holes that's where the neurons travel up to the brain and from there all kinds of weird and exciting things happen when the brain is supposed to tease apart very complex signals that are

communicate they send an electric signal through little holes at the roof of the the nasal cavity and the base of the skull actually has little perforations and those those little holes that's where the neurons travel up to the brain and from there all kinds of weird and exciting things happen when the brain is supposed to tease apart very complex signals that are