Betty (not her real name) remembers the day 9 years ago when she fully experienced an orange. As she split the fruit’s skin, citrus scents sprayed into the air and the 51-year-old woman experienced a sensory epiphany: “Whoa! This is an orange. My God, this is what an orange smells like.”
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