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    Is the human sense of smell directional the way sight and hearing are?

    Question #126650. Asked by houston1127. (Aug 22 12 3:49 AM)


    timence

    		There's certainly some recent research supporting this idea. It has long been assumed that only animals can use directional smelling effectively (e.g. to track) but some recent studies have found humans may also possess this skill (albeit not as strongly).

    http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/content/34/2/139.full

    http://science.slashdot.org/story/06/12/19/1753256/human-sense-of-smell-underestimated


    Aug 22 12, 4:52 AM

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