Olfactory Field

The olfactory field is an area of ​​the central nervous system that is responsible for recognizing odors and associated emotions. Olfaction is the first and most ancient mechanism for detecting the environment in mammals. They allow the animal to assess the safety of the environment, the quality of food, or search for its relatives.

The sense of smell plays an important role in our lives. When we breathe, our nasal cavity takes in air and transmits it through the olfactory nerves to the olfactory bulb in the brain. Here chemical signals are deciphered and transmitted to the association cortex of the brain for interpretation