PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Subliminal Stimuli, Sensory Neuron, The Smell

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Smell: odor receptors: humans actually have a rather poor sense of smell for an animal, but despite this, we still have 350 types of smell receptors allowing us to detect 10000 odors. Instead of the thalamus, smell is under the control of the limbic system: the limbic system is linked to our memory and emotion, therefore, smell has a very unique ability to invoke powerful emotions and memories. The most powerful smell to increase female sexual arousal was a combination of liquorish and cucumber: a close second was baby powder, third was lavender and pumpkin pie. Turns offs, however, include the smell of men"s cologne, the smell of charcoal bbq, and the smell of cherry: males, other smells: The accurate prediction of future events (i. e. knowing the future: clairvoyance: Knowing the state of affairs of something, but the information cannot directly be assessed by you.