How the olfactory brain affects memory

(Ruhr-University Bochum) How sensory perception in the brain affects learning and memory processes is far from fully understood. Two neuroscientists of Ruhr-Universit ä t Bochum have discovered a new aspect of how the processing of odours impacts memory centres. They showed that the piriform cortex -- a part of the olfactory brain -- has a direct influence on information storage in our most important memory structure, the hippocampus.
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