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Not all triggers have to be negative. The smell of warm bread, or a particular perfume, or a song, or the mention of a particular place can all bring up an emotional memory. Do you think that pleasant memories can be accessed as easily as more traumatic memories? How so?

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Triggers of memory are discussed briefly.

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Yes, the link between smell and memory is strong. Research shows, "Whatever the trigger, and whatever our individual conditioned response, smell is the most direct expressway to our brains, leaving all other senses in the dust" (http://askthewhiffguys.com/category/research/brain/).

Smell works since it alerts the "cerebral cortex and sends a chemical message directly into the limbic system of the right brain, before any left-brain analysis can muddy the ...

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