Smell, Your Least Appreciated Sense | Rachel Herz | TEDxNatick

Your emotions are directly tied to the smells you experience. Join Rachel as she takes you on a tour of how smell affects the lives of everyone, from finding your spouse to survival. Enjoy her tips on using your nose to enhance your life. Dr. Herz is a leading expert on the psychological science of smell. Her published books include "Why You Eat What You Eat", "The Scent of Desire" and "That’s Disgusting". She’s written numerous research papers and articles and has been a guest on shows including "On Point" and "Science Friday". Dr. Herz is an adjunct faculty member at Brown University and Boston College and she advises many companies about enhancing consumer experiences. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@brandiguarino1778]

I lost my sense of smell and people tend to think it’s funny. People would laugh if I told them it’s kind of depressing. I loved the smell of candles and flowers. It made me feel attracted and attached to my husband. When I had eye surgery my eyes were bandaged. It was at that time I realized everything I thought I was tasting was just in my memory. HERBS ACTUALLY HAVE NO FLAVOR! People will try and disagree with me, but trust me...I know! I lost weight because nothing tasted good. I really miss the smell of clean sheets. The more I think about it the more things I miss, but people think it’s funny. It’s really not.

[@KellsSmith1244]

💜

[@JASDKA1]

That's interesting.

[@amygavito3643]

Definitely NOT funny, I feel for you

[@BayGalle]

Right there with you... devastating.

[@64752938]

Not funny at all! I have a weak sense of smell, its really hard for me to smell something and if at all, its disappear after a second, and I try a lot of treatment, nothing work, my doctor said to leave the city, and actually, my sense of smell is better in cold places like when is winter in NY or almost all Europe.

[@Happiiness28]

This is a great reminder of how fascinating the human body is.

[@Rien--]

and the olfactory system is the hippocampus's neighbour in the limbic system so thats why smell-associated memories are extremely vivid. nobody cares about this but whatever

[@forLIFE_SB]

I do! My food memories are so great!!

[@jaxx-inspiregrowcreate2862]

*I appreciate my nose! To smell all the beauty in life!*

[@DrRuben]

Absolutely refreshing, excellent, thank you Dr. Herz! Love hearing that..."our memories are tied to our experiences of emotions..." and ...this is so relevant to the popular saying of 'smelling the roses in our journey!' I am so grateful to hear all this, it is refreshing especially when we are living in the midst of a world so enamored with commercializing everything to the point of robotizing humanity (and making it more dependent on those who have an agenda largely driven by short-term profit). Also, I appreciate this talk because of its simplicity. It normalizes the human experience. It is soothing and doesn't perpetuate a scarcity mindset, where we are left with needing to do one more thing in order to fit in or be "great." Most people are able to use aromas to enrich their lives and we can do it right away. Nothing to buy, nothing to wait for and is independent of your gender, skin color, SES status, culture, etc. Blessings!

[@ianthemechanical829]

I love my sense of smell! it makes me taste too! I am so happy god gave me this sense! I get very sad when I lose it. People say its the least important and it makes me annoyed. And when they so lose their smell they don’t realize how important it is until they lose it and they get sad. Smell should be important as your sight and hearing.

[@yanqiuzhu5012]

amazing. Just amazing. Not only the knowledge, but how you organize it and how you offer tips to improve actual life.

[@ramanantheidoctor2817]

How beautiful, how powerful is this TED TALKS. Thank you wholeheartedly for all the wisdom!

[@moodycrab77]

Rachel Herz is my hero!

[@thescentgurugroupruthsutcl6387]

Fabulous! Dr. Herz gives a great presentation on the sense of smell and its importance in our lives, from choosing our mates, being aware our surroundings and even giving us the ability to save our lives by smelling danger. I can vouch that the activities I give to seniors living with dementia brings them joy and encourages communication and socialization. Having a good sense of smell is good therapy!

[@DuqueHiram]

I love your work Dra. Rachel Herz, thank you! So sensitive...

[@KellsSmith1244]

My dad was a chemistry teacher and it caused loss of smell over the years so now his favorite joke is, "I don't smell so good."

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

Smell is so underrated 🔥

[@igeorgoudi]

I was saved by my sense of smell once... a socket was burning and I smelled this weird odour that reminds me of "roasted octopus" and i found that a wire had got on fire! Also, in other species there is a special organ inside the rhenal system that is linked to pheromones!

[@simonerusso2802]

my grandma lost most of her smell sense after a stroke, so i asked myself: which sense would be the least bad to lose? and smell is obviously the one i would choose

[@Toujours2007]

the sense of smell is the most fascinating thing to me. I would love to smell anything, but I`m anosmic since birth. There are so many things the most people don`t realise, like is something burning in the oven, cause someone set the timer wrong, or wich parfume should I pick. Are the leftovers still good... I would be the last to know if there was a fire if it wasn`t in sightline. anyway... what I really wanted to say was it`s a great video and I appreciate it :)

[@00snakeman00]

I'm losing my sense of smell and it's made my appreciate it so much more. I will be devastated when it goes

[@gemmahamilton2565]

😔

[@ioannakaragouni1162]

This was so good!

[@christiangirl79]

I have congenital anosmia. I cannot smell. Most people take smell for granted.

[@Rien--]

btw the olfactory bulb can detect somewhere a trillion amount of smells

[@flymanager111]

Rien wow

[@KellsSmith1244]

Good Lord, wow. I love watching my dog in the yard when he catches a smell that makes him stop and take it in. One evening the cat and both dogs were all facing the same way, noses up. It was cool. Pretty soon I smelled the neighbor's bbq.

[@Babalsha]

Loved it

[@robertharbin6461]

I also remember when summer was nice. I often used to smell the summer breeze.

[@SunriseFireberry]

Nah, balance is least appreciated. It even gets left off most lists of senses.

[@donsal.t.1765]

Vertigo smells worse

[@reidchave7192]

proprioception is even more underrated

[@edi9892]

Interesting talk. I got more interested in that topic when I realised how different our olfactory abilities are. There was a female coworker, who I could recognise by her scent from quite a distance. Thus, I knew if she was behind a door, corner, or even one floor up in the staircase. I thought at first that it was a weird perfume, but when I talked about it with other colleagues, I heard that none of them noticed any perfume. To make things even more embarrassing, I noticed that her scent changed over the month in a semi-regular pattern... at one specific point she always offended my nose to the point that I would sneeze, when she got too close and during that time, I could tell 6h after she sat on a chair which chair it was! In other words, I was able to track her to a limited degree! And there was nothing more itching than to tell her to wash herself. Meanwhile, no one else seemed to even notice her obnoxious scent. Later, I met someone who did believe me and he told me something funny: he can tell when his wife has her period by her scent, but I could not. The other thing I realised was that I was apparently over-reacting to specific smells, just like others overreact to noises when they´re stressed out.

[@purushukp9850]

Nothing to say it's just Amazing&inspiring

[@puberty7548]

1:08 if this isn't the cutest mom joke idk what is

[@rebeccacarraway480]

I’m a nurse. My sense of smell is vital. 😖

[@ericnnamdi3062]

If I was to write a book about this Ted I will title it "how to become a pro chef" smell is the bomb.

[@trebmaster]

Why all the hatred for little toes??? Little toe fans out there, who's with me?

[@natalia5189]

i always had a bad sense of smell, but never cared. now i’m sad 😢

[@alexanderschestag3247]

You can train it, with aromatherapy for example. Try it.

[@fanoftoast]

Don’t let it make you sad! You’re not alone! And it doesn’t have to make our life worse for any reason. We can still enjoy life with our other senses!!

[@user-cr2ro9tt2z]

Omg u are just amazing !

[@Geometrical-patterns]

A scent is worth a thousand pictures...👌👌👍

[@isaaaa5760]

so deep i have never paid attention to my sense of smell , oof, wish i had but i haven't. as this sounds like a good looking idea i may actually try it on

[@Sudhang_Goswami]

Nice video and Story

[@svahas]

This is why incense is important in meditation.

[@robertharbin6461]

I remember two years ago, I walked past the movie theater and a smell of popcorn stopped me in my tracks, and pizza .

[@humanearth9130]

I live off of smells if I couldn’t smell I would be depressed

[@kushkaramcheti6769]

I'd hate being without my sense of smell, since nothing has the same taste without the aroma of the food.

[@sarojvgautam]

Super hyper mega ultra best

[@AtomiskZabaleta]

Least appreaciated? How could I not care about my nose, it's the last thing i'll have left when my eyes and ears fail me.

[@adabistoori6684]

hum ....! i think it's the only senses which can not be digitize as others.

[@abhzt]

I will comment after watching it completely that is after 18 minutes.....

[@JulioAmazio]

I'm anosmic. That means I can't smell at all. I don't really mind at all and personally I don't really want to smell. I like the taste of my food and don't really want to have anything change

[@fanoftoast]

The Better Julian MOOOOOD. I don’t want to smell either. I’m good where I am. ✌🏼

[@whodat105]

Lucky. Alot more people have decided to not clean themselves properly in the last year.

[@bouhlelabdallah4329]

You"re just congenital anosmic dude , you get no depression from being deprived from smells and memories they're associated with

[@ianthemechanical829]

I can disagree with that. Smell is important too.

[@ianthemechanical829]

@@fanoftoast yeah no. smell is important

[@azzayasser2362]

*Our sense of smell is fundamentally tied to our quality of life :)!* *Sobhan Allah!* *This is one blessing! How about others?!!* *All praise for you Allah* *"And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them".* *وإن تعدوا نعمة الله لا تحصوها* ❤️

[@user-tj1qw3ov4l]

الحمدلله💙💙

[@thetruthshallsetyoufree2040]

Why are you a muslim!?

[@cnvi08]

What if you have permanent Anosmia because of a TBI???! how about you talk abt those of us who are permanently disabled?

[@tzadik36]

Salty, sweet, sour bitter AND UMAMI.

[@ontoraontu6908]

💜

[@fabianfernandez443]

Jürgen Klaric please!

[@vidveritas28]

This is pretty insensitive and offensive to those of us who can’t smell. Obviously Rachel did not think through how hurtful it would be to describe my life as joyless.

[@Geometrical-patterns]

I just love smells of animals

[@zapzoop3375]

I legit thought it's about people should bath daily.

[@zapzoop3375]

@The Rockall Times and men with putrid pickles

[@chakramohora3698]

I love my body so much. because this flesh is amazing, wherever i go whatever I do this body always supports me in my every delicious destination.

[@braetonpettit]

Smell is more primal.

[@ehlemes3814]

what about touch

[@user-li4pl5ue1d]

Smell or fragrance?

[@bostonwatts9060]

"Release your nostrils!!"

[@Just.Bleed1]

Is it weird that i dont believe anything she said?

[@ericnnamdi3062]

If something tastes very bitter, spit it out... Well that's not true. Nice Tedx anyway.

[@acetheneko]

Who else has no sense of smell

[@fanoftoast]

acetheneko 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@oleghurmak9911]

This is how the French and Italians made their fortunes selling mililiters of flavored alcohol for hundreds of dollars. First wine, then cognac, and then Toilet water.

[@Rien--]

first

[@MissCellanious1]

The nerve of this bih to tell ppl they didn't smell what they absolutely smelled in their dreams... such a youpipo thing. smh That hair product smelled amazing and nothing irl around me had an odor. Literally absolutely nothing. I can still remember the smell.

[@rudraom9]

Séances is u know ....no numbers sweetheart welcome love u

[@hajjules]

Do you know what is funny? I cant smell.

[@thetruthshallsetyoufree2040]

That's not funny, sorry bro

[@FarhanKhan-tv2ov]

Smell can make you pass your exams… 😭

[@PleaseUnsubscribeHaha]

Anosmia gang, unite!

[@archenema6792]

I smell like I've been left in several rainstorms over the course of a week.

[@claire-louise178]

Anybody come here from the fifth scense charity..

[@semantomurad7297]

,😍😍😍😍😍

[@AMARNATHPROPERTIES]

Jai hind

[@mrs.seemasharma6219]

First coment like

[@douglasalfseike3867]

Finally something not about Joe Bidden! I smell my loved ones heads! To get their overall well being! Get over it!

[@robertkelly3313]

Why all the walking about? There’s something mentally wrong.

[@Etuffly]

robert kelly Perhaps, she processes and thinks kinesthetically. Your comment reflects more about the judgmental state of your mental health than the actual health of her mental health.

[@whodat105]

She stayed within the "roaming circle" so the movement was sanctioned.

[@grilledcheese9297]

this ted talk stinks