Humans pass the smell test better than we think
Dec 27, 2018•5 min0
Episode description
(Dec 27, 2018) Contrary to longstanding theories, the human sense of smell is roughly as acute as that of other mammals, with an equivalent amount of neural hardware devoted to the detection of odors. So why do we seem to be so nose-blind compared to the family dog?
Martha Foley quizzes Curt Stager about a sense that often operates unnoticed by our conscious minds.
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