Zusammenfassung der Ressource
75. Smells Evoke Emotions and
Memories
- When you smell a food your loved one used to cook
when you were a child, this might put a smile on your
face.
- Companies use scents in their branding to
evoke certain feelings and emotions.
- Smells can evoke an emotional reaction.
- The thalamus is the area of the brain between the cerebral
cortex and the midbrain. Its main function is to relay motor and
sensory signals to the cerebral cortex.
- When you smell something, that sensory data heads
directly to your amygdala, where emotional info is
processed, which is why people react emotionally to
smells.
- example: when you smell something sweet,
it can relax you and make you feel good, or
when you smell something rotten, it can make
you feel disgusted and nauseous.