Keyword: senses

The Memory of Smell April 8, 2015

Host: Armand DiMele

Smell is the sense most deeply wired to long-term memory, and Armand DiMele builds a rich hour around that fact. Callers share scents tied to powerlessness, lost mothers, freedom, and home, revealing how a single whiff can collapse decades in an instant.

How Memory Shapes Who We Love September 26, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Patti

Why do we fall in love with the person we do? Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Patti dig into the neuroscience of early memory, tracing how the amygdala and hippocampus shape unconscious attraction long before we can consciously recall anything, and why no rational checklist can fully explain who we end up loving.