**Humans and Mice May Process Smells in Very Similar Ways**
By Kristin Samuelson, Northwestern University - Published on 04 August 2026
Every deliberate sniff may activate a brain system that has survived millions of years of evolution. A mouse searching for food may sniff several times each second. A person checking whether a cantaloupe is ripe usually leans in for one slow, deliberate breath. Those behaviors look completely different, but new research suggests the brain may [...]
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