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Olfactory remembrance happens when a smell triggers a memory so immediate and vital that it could feel like a person has gone back in time. Neuroscience tells us why this happens. Smells travel through the olfactory bulb in front of the brain, so it’s close to the organ that sends messages to the rest of the body. Additionally, scents have a fast path to places like the nearby amygdala and hippocampus, which are parts of the brain that deal with emotions and memory.
An example: when I was a young girl, I sat on the ground behind the towering lilac bush that grew on the side of our modest ranch house in Illinois. I imagined the branches were tendrils of a giant sea creature, octopuslike and hulking; it would barrel me along from one adventure to another in oily depths of the ocean. Today, when I smell lilacs as an adult, I’m immediately thrust into the past, my childhood home and the lilac bush, where the day stretched before me like a dream that lasts and lasts.
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The sentence “Neuroscience tells us why this happens” displays what type of tone for the entire passage?
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informal yet scientific
informal yet scientific
informal yet demanding
informal yet demanding
formal yet lighthearted
formal yet lighthearted
formal yet conversational
formal yet conversational
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The correct answer is formal yet conversational.
Explanation: The sentence "Neuroscience tells us why this happens" adopts a tone that is scientific, as it refers to neuroscience. However, the use of "us" makes it sound more informal and engaging, as if the author is having a conversation with the reader. This blend of formal scientific content and conversational language creates an approachable tone that is informative but not overly stiff or technical.
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