AbScent Presents

In conversation with Harvard's Professor Bob Datta

Episode Summary

Sandeep Robert Datta is a Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School and a leader in the field of olfactory research. He is the lead author on an influential paper that identified the role of sustentacular cells in Covid-19 smell loss. When they met in Boston, Chrissi Kelly took the opportunity to ask Bob to explain the findings, and answer some of the questions burning in the minds of AbScent community members.

Episode Notes

Bob discusses:

• how Covid-19 induces smell loss, and why some people take so long to recover
• smell, emotion and memory
• your plastic brain is the reason smell training works

We have also published his insights into a series of blogs which can be found here: https://abscent.org/insights-blog/blog

To find out more about smell training: https://abscent.org/learn-us/smell-training

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