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Sniffing out danger: Fearful memories can trigger heightened sense of smell
December 12, 2013 by NewsBot
Neuroscientists studying the olfactory -- sense of smell -- system in mice have discovered that fear reaction can occur at the sensory level, even before the brain has the opportunity to interpret that the odor could mean trouble.
