How Sense of Smell Impacts Child Development
Episode description
Aniesa explores the sense of smell among children and their parents in a new episode of The Sensational Kids Show. Discover how smell is closely linked to our memory, taste and emotions, learn how smells can trigger powerful experiences from your memory bank and why smell can be an indicator of child development.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Your sense of smell is closely linked with your memory and certain smells will spark a memory of a particular experience stored within your memory centre.
- The memory centre in the brain associated different memories to the senses and certain smells can trigger memories that fit the context of a personal place or emotion. For example the smell of salt water and the memory of experiencing the seaside.
- Kids can be incredibly sensitive to smells and this is linked to our taste and emotion. So our smells can either be there for pure enjoyment like smelling a flow or freshly baked cookies or a powerful warning system.
- Children and their parents react differently to certain smells and when observing your children it can help you to notice avoiding behaviours.
BEST MOMENTS
“Salient and important events can be quite strongly associated with memory.”
“The internal smell system is quite closely involved with regulating your emotions and your emotional memories.”
CONTACT METHOD
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ABOUT THE HOST
Aniesa completed her degree in Occupational Therapy at the University of Stellenbosch, in South Africa. She has since been focusing on paediatrics and sensory processing and integration. She has worked across a range of paediatric fields and has extensive experience in autism, specific learning difficulties, as well as anxiety and emotional regulation.
Aniesa has one teenage son with autism, and one with sensory difficulties. She herself was diagnosed at a late age as having ADHD and has found that understanding her neurodivergence has led to a greater connection with children and their parents.
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