How underrated is our sense of smell?

When was the last time you gave any thought to your sense of smell? Smell plays a vital role in our physical and mental health - from our enjoyment of food and perfume to our ability to detect smoke or gas. A decline in our sense of smell is associated with cognitive decline, BUT there might be things we can do to prevent this happening and train our sense of smell. Giada Brianza is developing a smell training device that could help people track and develop their smell abilities over time.

For more information and to access the transcript:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/healthcare-engineering/health-handbasket-episode-1-how-underrated-our-sense-smell

Date of episode recording: 2023-06-07
Duration: 00:30:07
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Ferdouse Akhter
Guests: Giada Brianza
Producer: Cerys Bradley; Alice Hardy