What we see, hear and sense affects how we smell…

Pierzchajil and colleagues found that “The sense of smell is highly influenced by the cues from other senses, while the sense of sight and hearing are affected to a much lesser extent. . . . The study shows how important it is for our different senses to be able to use correct cues when we classify different sensory impressions. . . . The researchers also show that when the brain tries to identify odors that it had not expected, both the olfactory and visual brains are activated, despite the absence of visual cues in the task.” This study is published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
“The Sense of Smell is Influenced by Cues from Other Senses.” 2024. Press release, Stockholm University, https://www.su.se/department-of-psychology/news/the-sense-of-smell-is-influenced-by-cues-from-other-senses-1.727242