Sick from smells, but not silly
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 04:14
in Psychology & Sociology
People who become ill from harmless smells are not being silly, says Dutch researcher Patricia Bulsing. Rather, they perceive these smells differently than other people. The smell is detected more rapidly by the brain and processed more deeply. If you expect to become ill from a smell, then the smell in question might really make you ill...