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Smell triggers the same brain response as taste does – even if you haven’t eaten anything

By Putu Agus Khorisantono, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Janina Seubert, Principal Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet

Our latest study showed that taste and smell were both found to activate a region of the brain important for taste, hunger and thirst.

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