If fall air stirs up big emotions, it’s not all in your head. Experts explain why the smell of autumn air can trigger happiness, sadness, and nostalgia.
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will be publishing new articles for this series throughout October. Read more here. There’s so much to love about fall: cinnamon sprinkled on lattes, chunky sweater weather, traipsing through apple orchards, gazing in awe at flame-colored trees. But for me the highlight of the season doesn’t come from a Starbucks run or a new cardigan. It’s in the air: the smell of fall. It’s not just a scent but a full-body experience.
. When you inhale odor molecules, they bind to receptors in your nostrils that send signals to the olfactory bulb in the front of your brain. This tiny mass of tissue interprets all the sensory info coming from your nose and is directly connected to the amygdala, which processes emotions, and the hippocampus, which forms and retrieves memories, Dr. Parma explains.
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