Last week, we were talking about sensation. I mentioned that smell and taste don’t seem to show age-related declines, but rather there are environmental influences. The excellent weblog Cognitive Daily pointed me to a summary of a research release by Griffith University in Australia, which adds taking medications to the list of risk factors:
ScienceDaily: Smell May Outlast Other Senses:
While eyesight and hearing deteriorate markedly during the normal aging process, new research suggests the sense of smell may actually last longer in otherwise healthy individuals.
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