What COVID-19 is teaching us about the importance of smell, with Pamela Dalton, PhD
Many people around the world have lost their sense of smell this past year due to COVID-19. Before the pandemic, scientists had already begun to gain a deeper understanding of how sophisticated our sense of smell is and how it is intertwined with our mental and physical health. Now, the pandemic is giving that research new urgency. Pamela Dalton, PhD, of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, discusses what we know about how our sense of smell works, the connections between smell, emotions and memory, how a rapid smell test could improve COVID-19 screening, how she developed the \u201cworld\u2019s worst smell,\u201d and more.\n Are you enjoying Speaking of Psychology? We\u2019d love to know what you think of the podcast, what you would change about it, and what you\u2019d like to hear more of. Please take our listener survey at www.apa.org/podcastsurvey. Links Pamela Dalton, PhD Monell Chemical Senses Center Music\n Electronic Ambient Loop\xa0by tyops\xa0via Freesound.org\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices