The Potential for Olfactory Virtual Reality to Treat and Prevent PTSD

Rachel Herz, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and world leading expert on the psychological science of smell. She has been conducting research on the senses, emotion, perception, motivated behavior and cognition since 1990.  Dr. Herz is a TEDx speaker, has published nearly 100 original research papers, received numerous awards and grants. She is also on the faculty at Brown University and Boston College, a professional consultant to various aromachemical industries, and frequently called upon as an expert witness in legal cases involving olfaction.  Dr. Herz is a renowned author of a number of academic and popular science books including: the leading college textbook on Sensation & Perception; The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (2007; Harper Collins), which was selected as a finalist for the “2009 AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books”; That’s Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion (2012; W.W. Norton & Co), a New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice”; and Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food (2018; W.W. Norton & Co), which was a finalist for the “2018 Readable Feast Awards” and ranked among the “Best Food Books of 2018” by The Smithsonian and The New Yorker.

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