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A shot of anxiety and the world stinks: How stress can rewire brain, making benign smells malodorous
September 25, 2013 by NewsBot
In evolutionary terms, smell is among the oldest of the senses. New research shows how anxiety or stress can rewire the brain, linking centers of emotion and olfactory processing, to make typically benign smells malodorous.
