Distel H, Hudson R
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, Universität München, Goethestrasse 31, D-80336, München, Germany.
Chem Senses. 2001 Mar;26(3):247-51. doi: 10.1093/chemse/26.3.247.
Odor perception, including intensity, is affected by knowledge of odor source. For 76 subjects tested with 24 everyday odorants, ratings of intensity, pleasantness and familiarity were enhanced when subjects either could identify the odor source themselves or were provided with the name by the experimenter. Ratings were highest when subjects judged that the names provided matched their own perception, suggesting an interaction between individuals' cognitive representation of odors and their immediate perceptual experience.
气味感知，包括强度，会受到气味来源知识的影响。对于用24种日常气味剂测试的76名受试者，当受试者自己能够识别气味来源或者实验者提供气味名称时，强度、愉悦度和熟悉度的评分会提高。当受试者判断所提供的名称与他们自己的感知相符时，评分最高，这表明个体对气味的认知表征与其即时感知体验之间存在相互作用。
