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din-9 | 5 years ago

They were referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle I assume.

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est31|5 years ago

Indeed I was. E.g. check this figure: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053491/figure/...

One nostril has basically no pressure changes while the other one does. How can you smell that way in stereo?

jessaustin|5 years ago

Presumably breathing has no effect on the diffusion of odors from far away to the immediate vicinity of the nostrils. So, diffusion can also take odors from the temporarily-inactive nostril deeper into the sinus.

gridspy|5 years ago

Interesting, thanks for educating me :)