People born without sense of smell breathe differently, study finds

"There's this notion that this sense is completely unimportant, and yet if you lose it then a lot of bad things happen. So it seems like a paradox," said Prof Noam Sobel.

"The data revealed that participants with a working sense of smell made more sniffs as they breathed in than those with anosmia, something the team suggest may be a response to smells in the environment."

"The researchers found that when awake, participants with anosmia had more pauses while breathing and a lower peak flow while breathing out than those without the condition."

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