1. You have probably heard that when a person loses their vision, their other se
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1. You have probably heard that when a person loses their vision, their other senses compensate, for example, the sense of hearing increases. Is there any scientific evidence to back this up, or is this just a myth? Explain.
2. A lot of people who have lost the sense of smell also say that they lose some of their sense of taste. Why do you think there is a link between taste and smell, looking at it anatomically?
3. You walk into the kitchen and are overcome with the smell of freshly baked pie. A few minutes later your friend walks in and says “MMM, that pie smells amazing!” You notice that you can no longer smell the pie after being in the kitchen for a while. Explain this phenomenon.
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1.Loss of one sense improving the other...
The human brain is traditionally divided into four lobes, each responsible for one or two specific sense.
When any one of the sense is lost temporarily or permanently, the brain adapts to compensate the loss by fine-tuning the other available sense. Eg. The blind will have a sharper hearing ability.
2. Since the Temporal region is Olfactory(Smell) & Gustatory(Taste) nerve center, any damage to temporary lobe might damage both the smell & taste senses.
3. The Olfactory receptors neutralize after sending the smell signal to the brain which causes the temporary loss of smell.
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