Been reading evolutionary pyschology and discussing emotions lately, and had an interesting musing. I have a very bad sense of smell, which I know both relative to other peoples comments and because I've had brief occasions where I could smell and the difference was enormous. Smell, of course, is the oldest sense, and the most deeply wired into our brain, it affects us the most quickly and deeply. I tend to be emotionally steadfast, without the extreme swings in mood that I observe in many others.

Anyway, this makes me wonder how much, if any, my poor sense of smell contributes to my steady emotions. Does the fact that this strong emotional pathway doesn't get used much, that I don't have the imprint of strong emotions associated with various smells, that I don't get jolted by these associations being brought up, have anything to do that I tend to not be very emotional? Just a thought...

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