Which part of the brain is connected with the sense of smell?

The question itself illustrates the fact that our sense of smell is anatomically heavily connected to our memory systems (hippocampus), our emotional brain (limbic system and amygdala) and our autonomous response systems (hypothalamus). read more

Since smell information is independent of the thalamus, we cannot blind out olfaction: we either smell an odor, or we do not smell it. This particularity of not traveling through the thalamus is also responsible for another characteristic of the sense of smell. read more

The sense of smell is a strong sense for identification purposes and can have a strong impact in your brain because it is such an integral part of it (to the point that strong chemical smells can definitely elicit seizures). read more