{"id":33684,"date":"2020-01-23T14:03:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marialma.com\/?p=33684"},"modified":"2020-04-29T10:51:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T09:51:54","slug":"6-ways-smells-can-affect-our-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialma.com\/blog\/6-ways-smells-can-affect-our-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways Smells Can Affect Our Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Did you know the smell of a new car comes in a can? Discover 6 ways in which different smells can affect your mood.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Familiar\u00a0smells\u00a0<\/strong>can trigger memories, affect moods or soothe stress and worries. A specific odor can affect people\u2019s mood, their work performance and behaviour in a variety of ways. What smells<\/strong>\u00a0can trigger in our brain is nothing but a chemical reaction, but it can drive us to make a purchase, to recall someone or something, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For\u00a0smells\u00a0<\/strong>to trigger a response, you must learn to associate it with some event. The linked event can elicit a conditioned response to the original situation. For instances, in the supermarket, you suddenly feel the smell of something you like to eat, you have a un unconditioned emotional response, such as hunger like sensation, even though you have just eaten.<\/p>\n

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The odor then becomes a conditioned stimulus and acquires the ability to trigger the conditioned response of that hungry sensation in the future, in another context. This explains both how smells\u00a0<\/strong>come to be liked or disliked and how they can trigger emotions and moods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are 6 ways in which we can be affected by different smells:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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1. Smells can soothe your emotions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Experts believe certain\u00a0smells<\/strong>\u00a0can soothe people\u2019s emotions. Researchers have created essential oils from flowers and plants that can trigger a response in the brain.\u00a0For instances you can use them, to induce a strong feeling:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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