Why is it that the brain can generate music with extremely high clarity but not as much with smells and tastes?
In: Biology
MAIN IDEA: Throughout history, processing and more importantly REMEMBERING **VISUALS AND AUDIOS was much more important than remembering smells**.
A lot of the human perception is visual (around 70-80%) and the next big chunk is hearing. When people were **hunters**, it was much more relevant to be able to **see** prey/visually identify a threat, respectively to **hear** prey/acoustically locate a threat.
Plus, it was much more practical to be able to memorise these 2 parameters, as it was easier to educate others. ***(It’s much easier to describe how a thing LOOKS and SOUNDS like than to describe how it smells like)***.
Thus, the parts of the brain where **visuals and audios** are stored are much more developed and can reproduce stuff more clearly, and usually more quickly. It’s a survival skill.
^^ Plus, listening to something in your head brings joy while remembering a smell just makes you want it more.
Hope this clears things out.
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