Smell Around the Clock (IMAGE)

Brown University

Smell Around the Clock

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Around the circadian cycle, either by degrees or time of day, research subjects showed patterns in when their smell sensitivity peaked. Dots show the peak circadian degree, or time equivalent, for each subject. The purple area shows the average. The further dots are from the center, the greater the degree of sensitivity change at the peak.

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Herz et. al./Brown University

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