Exposing people to odors, which they associate with bad memories, as they sleep could help them lose the fear of those memories, a new study has found. In a study, Katherina Hauner and Jay Gottfried of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, exposed subjects to four pictures of faces and a series of inoffensive smells such as mint, New Scientist reported. When one of the faces appeared, the volunteers were given a painful electric shock so that ...Saturday, 27 October 2012
Odors Associated With Bad Memories can Eliminate Fears If They are Exposed to People as They Sleep
Exposing people to odors, which they associate with bad memories, as they sleep could help them lose the fear of those memories, a new study has found. In a study, Katherina Hauner and Jay Gottfried of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, exposed subjects to four pictures of faces and a series of inoffensive smells such as mint, New Scientist reported. When one of the faces appeared, the volunteers were given a painful electric shock so that ...
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