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Published online 31 May 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040524-12
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Link proved between senses and memory
Brain scans show how sights and smells evoke the past.
Marcel Proust reflected that "the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, ready to remind us... the immense edifice of memory".
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