Tobacco Project appeals to
the sense of smell as well as sight, and Xu Bing is conscious of permeating the gallery with the rich, sweet odor of tobacco.
Lost dogs find their way home by smelling and since a sight hound does not have as keen
a sense of smell as other breeds, a Greyhound that runs 40 miles per hour will be a long way away in a short period of time and may not be able to find his way home and back to his loved ones.
The otterhound is known for having an exceptional
sense of smell as well as a rough shaggy coat.
Dogs tend to see with their noses, and they place as much importance on
their sense of smell as we humans place on our sense of vision.
Both dogs and cats «see» the world through
their sense of smell as much, or more so than their sense of vision.
Humans don't rely on
the sense of smell as much as other animals do, so maybe it isn't surprising that people don't make new odor - sensing cells, says study author Jonas Frisén, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
The Red Cross used Schnauzers for guard duty during World War I. Police departments rely on their keen
senses of smell as well.
Not exact matches
Did it make any
sense to treat claims about Clinton and Obama being literal, sulphur -
smelling demons with the same kind
of objectivity
as allegations about email use?
Stark: Metaphors an the
sense of the stuff we heard about in high school, such
as «
smell metaphors,» and «touch metaphors,» and so on.
As his patients suffer from bizarre afflictions like Tourette Syndrome, anosmia (loss
of the
sense of smell), and deficient proprioception (the ability to
sense one's own body), there is an unmistakable «freak show» appeal to the book.
«
Senses is normally the hearing (listening), seeing (reading), touching (feeling), tasting,
smelling» See, I read that sura
as praising farmers who were «sensible» enough to use shrewd means
of irrigation.
Senses is normally the hearing (listening), seeing (reading), touching (feeling), tasting,
smelling and those have a role in creating ones back mind to think and come out with a conclusion
of an idea through which he becomes to find out and work out a way to personalize
as your own experiment or experience.
As we age, our taste buds stop regenerating, and our
sense of smell dulls.
By the time most
of us are 80, it's
as if we don't even have a
sense of smell, at least when it comes to standard
smell and taste tests.
Although they are mainly just growing bigger and stronger now, there are some key elements
of their development going on
as the nerves in their brain which control the
senses are still forming, eventually enabling them to
smell, see, hear, taste and touch.
(3) Baby massage oil or lotion can reduce friction
as you massage your baby, and will also add the
sense of smell to your massage time.
There are recent studies that say people who read a substantial amount are more able to empathize with others, and also that the brain is engaged in several different areas by particular words, such
as areas related to the
senses of taste, touch, or
smell especially.
This will provide a
sense of calm for your infant,
as well
as kangaroo care (skin on skin — naked baby on Daddy's bare chest) to
smell you and feel your heartbeat.
During this time, baby continues to undergo a series
of sophisticated processes to sharpen
senses such
as touch, vision, taste, hearing, and
smell
Some common pregnancy symptoms that you can expect to experience include tingling nipples
as blood supply increases (much the same
as pins and needles), spotting and cramping, feeling nauseous or being sick, tender and swollen breasts and other symptoms including increased
sense of smell and cravings.
They appear not to wake up
as much next to their mothers but actually in terms
of small arousals and even larger ones they wake up more, but they do not necessarily alert the mother because they
sense their own safety (or whatever emotion or physical
sense that reduces stress or anxiety) which comes with
smelling her milk and feeling her body, hearing her breadth and feeling her movements and rhythms.
The
sense of smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch are all developing
as well.
Because infants are biologically designed to
sense that something dangerous has occurred, separation from the caregiver... and they feel, through their skin, that something is different such
as a missing the softness
of the mother's touch, the heat
of mother's body, the
smells of mother's milk, the gentleness
of mother's moving — breathing chest and the feeling
of being protected.
very early signs
of pregnancy A heightened
sense of smell is another symptom
of pregnancy and can also be a trigger
of nausea, things you once loved the
smell of, such
as perfumes and aftershaves have become so repulsive that you will have no alternative but to find them new homes outdoors and a long way from the house,
as even the slightest whiff
of them can make you bolt for the toilet.
As with most
of these early pregnancy symptoms mentioned, when it comes to a heightened
sense of smell, a woman can blame her pregnancy hormones.
Some women report a heightened
sense of taste or
smell as a sign
of ovulation, but changes in the
senses of taste and
smell are also fairly common indicators
of early pregnancy.
One could be to taste because
as she explores her environment her
sense of taste will help her distinguish items based on texture,
smell, and what is tasty and what isn't.
Engaging with your baby through massage incorporates all the elements
of parent - child bonding
as it stimulates your little one's
senses through skin contact, eye contact and your familiar
smell as well
as hearing your voice and experiencing a focussed response.
«In this way these receptors regulate our
senses of smell, taste and vision
as well
as a number
of other conditions and feelings,» explains Professor Johan Åqvist, who directed the study, which is now being published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.
They then use their own
sense of smell to evaluate the results, rather than sophisticated analytical equipment,
as one might imagine.
The differences they found in the cat genome help explain characteristics such
as why cats are almost exclusively carnivorous and how their vision and
sense of smell differ from other animals like dogs.
In much the same way
as dogs can be trained to detect some diseases through their keen
sense of smell, technology can help create electronic devices capable
of performing this same task.
«Previous studies have shown that black people are more likely to have a poor
sense of smell than whites and yet may be less likely to develop Parkinson's disease,» said Chen, who is part
of MSU's Global Impact Initiative, an effort to help accelerate research in key areas affecting the world such
as health and energy.
Nocturnal moths, such
as the tobacco hawkmoth Manduca sexta, rely on their extremely sensitive
sense of smell in order to locate their food sources: flowers that contain nectar.
Of the 764 people with a poor sense of smell, 26 people developed the disease, compared to just seven of the 835 people whose sense of smell was good and nine of the 863 people whose sense of smell was categorized as mediu
Of the 764 people with a poor
sense of smell, 26 people developed the disease, compared to just seven of the 835 people whose sense of smell was good and nine of the 863 people whose sense of smell was categorized as mediu
of smell, 26 people developed the disease, compared to just seven
of the 835 people whose sense of smell was good and nine of the 863 people whose sense of smell was categorized as mediu
of the 835 people whose
sense of smell was good and nine of the 863 people whose sense of smell was categorized as mediu
of smell was good and nine
of the 863 people whose sense of smell was categorized as mediu
of the 863 people whose
sense of smell was categorized as mediu
of smell was categorized
as medium.
«Among families having several members with SMCHD1 mutations, we observed some who did not have complete arhinia but had an abnormally small nose or lacked a
sense of smell,
as well
as the one individual that had symptoms
of FSHD2 but no craniofacial abnormalities, indicating this is not a simple genetic model,» says Talkowski.
In Pavillion, Wyo., where residents have complained
of nerve damage and loss
of sense of taste and
smell, EPA superfund investigators found benzene and other hydrocarbons in well water samples,
as well
as methane gas, metals, and an unusual chemical variant
of a compound used in hydraulic fracturing.
As they report in a paper published July 16 in Current Biology, the minute insects employ a razor - sharp
sense of smell to tip them off that a warm - blooded meal is nearby, and then use vision and other
senses to home in on the feast.
As a result, even though the
sense of smell has a major contribution to the flavors
of foods, most efforts to increase food intake in kidney disease patients have focused on the
sense of taste and direct appetite stimulation.
As they report in a second Science Express paper today, the animals gained a keener
sense of smell.
While previous research had determined that humans could use the
sense of smell to detect high levels
of pure fat in the form
of fatty acids, it was not known whether it was possible to detect fat in a more realistic setting, such
as food.
Prior research has demonstrated that the MB is associated with learning and memory, especially in relation to the
sense of smell, also known
as olfaction.
A Johns Hopkins University team this week reported inserting a disrupted human gene, the schizophrenia risk factor DISC1, into lab mice, causing them to exhibit the brain asymmetry characteristic
of schizophrenia
as well
as agitation in open spaces and trouble finding hidden food — traits reminiscent
of the restlessness, impaired
sense of smell and depressionlike symptoms schizophrenics suffer, Reuters reports.
If this dinosaur is anything like its relatives then it likely did not have a super
sense of smell; but maybe the nose was used
as a means
of attracting mates, recognizing members
of its species, or even
as a large attachment for a plant - smashing beak.
Without the dog, and its excellent
sense of smell, acting
as a sentinel, humans could not have evolved the anatomy needed for language,
as this development left the human olfactory system diminished.
Although Parkinson's disease is often associated with motor symptoms such
as stiffness, poor balance and trembling, the first symptoms are often sensory and include a reduced
sense of touch and
smell.
A side effect
of losing PRMT - 5 in C. elegans is a heightened
sense of smell: In the worms, dopamine signaling acts
as a brake or check on the sensory system's response to odorants.
Now it seems this
sense of interspecies connection is real: dogs can
smell your emotions, and adopt them
as their own.
It suggested that taking hormonal contraceptives (
as I have for many years) affects your
sense of smell, which is a key factor in finding Mr Right (Proceedings
of the Royal Society B, vol 275, p 2715).
«In living higher primates you find the opposite: the brain is very big, and the olfactory bulb is very small, presumably because
as their vision got better their
sense of smell got worse.»