{
  "id": 17935369,
  "title": "Brief Peppermint Odour Exposure and Immediate Free Recall of a Visual Object Array: A Three-Arm Randomised Experiment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/brief-peppermint-odour-exposure-and-immediate-free-recall-of-a-visual",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.31.763290v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Background: Odours reach limbic and prefrontal targets through a uniquely direct pathway and are often claimed to enhance cognition, yet experimental evidence for specific essential oils is mixed and frequently confounded by expectancy. We tested whether a brief inhalation of peppermint or clove essential oil, compared with no odour, alters immediate free recall of a visual object array. Methods:…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}