In this entry we continue to explore the topic of olfaction. Did you know that much of the space in the nasal cavity is used for cleaning up the air we breathe. Well, according to Stoddart & Whitfield (1984) debris, such as dust and bacteria along with other fluid phase chemicals circulating in the air are caught in the nasal fluids and once swallowed, are deactiviated by the acids in the stomach.
As we move from one season to the next, it is getting warmer. Our nasal cavity is doing its job of cleaning our air, but we also love to inhale the smells of summer. As the solstice approaches, the smells of summer get closer and stronger like the sun, and the memory of what summer means returns just like the memory of smells that we’ve known before. What does summer mean to you? What do you think of when think of summer? Can you identify some smells of summer? Here are some olfactory clues…salt air, flowers, grass, sunset, morning,…
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