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• [1] perri July 06, 2007 - 08:34AM

  Please explain the connection between smell and taste. Sometimes when I have a cold and my nosed is stuffy, food doesn't have much of a taste.

  Also doesn't food smell differently in space? I've heard this happens when astronauts are in orbit, but I don't fully understand why.

  
  
• [2] Karen Banda from Bloomfield NJ July 06, 2007 - 12:30PM

  Please explain why or how smell is so connected to memory. There are certain aromas that can bring me back to my childhood (a VERY long time ago!) or vacation spots instantly.

  
  
• [3] Ro July 06, 2007 - 01:49PM

  Following the comments regarding the smell of just born infants; dogs and mammals in general lick the placenta off the 'infant', 'knowing' it and thereby recognising it thereafter as its own progeny and allowing it to suckle. Thereafter the mother recogonises the suckling 'baby' as her own.

  
  
• [4] hrh from tehran-iran August 01, 2007 - 03:49PM

  The olfactory is the most mysterious of all the other senses.

  There is a great novel The Perfume which is wonderfully turned into an unforgettable film by the great German director Tom Tykwer which I invite you to see it. I've seen it for more than 10 times & I'm still eager to see it again...

  Take care of your nose & "...like to breath through it..." Jack Nicholson in China Town!

  Cheers.

  Hamid.

  www.videopix.co.uk

  http://videopix.zenfolio.com