Funny How Your Brain Associates Things

[Emjaysmash]

Originally Posted by RevSmoke

Most people don't realize it, but smells can trigger memories better than many other things. Don't know why, but it is true.

From what I remember from Bio class, this is because when the olfactory nerve fires, it has far less synapses to travel through to reach the hippocampus, as opposed to the other senses.

I have a bottle of Hand Sanitizer that used to sit on my desk that has been used off an on the past two years. It reminds me EXACTLY of when I started smoking 2 years ago, and those feelings of excitement as I lit up a new stick.