Love Genus Podcast Episode #22 The Golden Record Series “Smells Like a Memory / ‘plastic[ity] fork in the road to healing’ ”

In this episode we are closing The Golden Record series with an episode on the connection between smell/taste and memory and how we can use our sensory experiences to heal from moral injury.   

A few links of note:

Smell and Memory:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55967/

Olfactory and Neural Pathways: https://www.britannica.com/science/olfactory-system/Nervous-pathways-of-smell

Proust Effect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X23000076

Clip from the film, “Ratatouille”: https://youtu.be/Cxpm-xYSvkU?feature=shared

Connection - Smell and Cognitive Decline/Dementia Connection: https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/sense-smell-linked-speed-brain-loss-and-cognitive-decline