Do the blind have a more acute sense of smell?
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 12:01
in Psychology & Sociology
An ongoing study by Mathilde Beaulieu-Lefebvre, a graduate student from the Universite de Montreal Department of Psychology, has debunked the myth that the blind have a more acute sense of smell than the sighted. Vision loss simply makes blind people pay more attention to how they perceive smells.