How Scents Can improve Memory, Autism and Depression | Dr. Michael Leon

UPDATE: This video shows the value of novel experiences. What is most interesting to me is these novel experiences are fairly mundane, ordinary, simple and small — just new odors or fragrances. I believe novelty can also be found in many other simple and small things or experiences. And, it seems to me, many human moral and existential mistakes can be understood as excessive novelty-seeking. Taking strong drugs, overmuch or weird sex, committing crimes, riding motorcycles too fast (my own worst failing in this arena), etc. We can find deeply rewarding novelty through pursuing philosophy on our own; in meditation; in exploring psycholinguistics through FIML practice; taking a walk in the woods and allowing ourselves to get lost; just looking in a different direction or an unexpected direction right now. It is generally wiser to seek and find novelty in ways that are not excessive, meaning harmful to ourselves or others, or immoral. A lot can be learned about ourselves by analyzing how and why we seek novel experiences. A good deal of what you do may be novelty-seeking known to you by another name. Powerfully novel experiences than harm no one are the best. ABN