Emotion and scent create lasting memories -- even in a sleeping brain

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:07 in Psychology & Sociology

When French memoirist Marcel Proust dipped a pastry into his tea, the distinctive scent it produced suddenly opened the flood gates of his memory.

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