Abstract:The sense of smell is uniquely tied to brain regions involved in memory. Previous research shows that introducing the scent of a household cleaner into the experimental room will elicit more cleaning behaviors and increase recall for cleaning-related words. However, these findings are limited to retrospective memory. Prospective memory is remembering to complete a task in the future and accounts for up to 80% of every day memory problems. Because of the consequences of prospective memory failures, it is vital … Show more
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