[News Feed] Study Shows Humans Have Ability To Track Odors, Much Like Bloodhounds

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Neuroscientists imaging the brain have confirmed a 40-year-old claim that humans have an untapped ability to localize odors in the same way we localize sounds. In fact, the brain seems to use the same brain region used by the ears to translate input from the two nostrils into spatial information. Someday, humans may vie with dogs and pigs in the ability to track smells.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0830070723.htm