What are the psychological effects of olfactory stimulation?

Answer 1

A lot deprends on what fragrances are being interpreted

Answer 2

Change of mood depending on whether its an enjoyable or otherwise smell?
Stimulating memories depending on if its a 'smell from the past'?
You can actually improve some of the symptoms of dementia by using olfactory stimulation, which enhance recall in older people (ie using familiar smells from their past eg lavender which used to be very popular) but I havent actually read the research.

Answer 3

I'm not a specialist but I can tell you it's important.
For instance I saw on a documentary how to some real food taste specialists was obstructioned the nose with a clench for this experiment.
what resulted was they could not tell the difference between banana and pinapple, because without the smell, the taste was the same.

so the smell tells us if we like something or not
unfortunately, there are a lot of people with sinus problems who can't smell properly all the time

Answer 4

One stimulation psychological response is to kick the dog, but he has normally got up and slunk out of the room trying not to look guilty?

Answer 5

There is research trying to find any sort of pheromones that people might respond to, ex. is menstrual synchrony studies. I guess other than that I think the saying scent is the strongest sense tied to memory might ring true...check me on that one.

Answer 6

smells can be associated with memory I have used this in my medical practice in dealing with different cases I have had over the years. I know what an odor is and I can act to correct it

Answer 7

They would include calming or alerting to the central nervous system.Vanilla would be calming where as vinegar or ammonia would be alerting.

Answer 8

Ummm, you enjoy smells of all kinds?

Answer 9

a sense of well being