Essentials: How Smells Influence Our Hormones, Health & Behavior | Dr. Noam Sobel artwork
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Essentials: How Smells Influence Our Hormones, Health & Behavior | Dr. Noam Sobel

Oct 29, 2026 · 34 min

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Noam Sobel, PhD, a Professor of Neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science and an expert on the human sense of smell. We discuss how the brain processes odors and how smell shapes our lives more than we realize, influencing everything from who we become friends with to how we experience emotions, hormones and aggression. Dr. Sobel als…