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DATE: MONDAY, July 9, 1990                   TAG: 9007090086
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

SCIENTIST: ODORS AID MEMORY

Odors are laced through our memories, and sniffing the right smell can help recall information, says new research hailed as the first firm evidence that scents can help people remember things.

The effect appeared in study participants who smelled chocolate during a word exercise, and sniffed it again when tested the next day on their memory of the task.

The memory strategy may be able to help students studying for exams or airline pilots training for emergencies, said researcher Frank Schab.

Schab's paper is the first firm scientific evidence of the power of odors to help bring back memories, said Brian Lyman of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.

by CNB