Takahashi Masanobu
Department of Psychology, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan.
Am J Psychol. 2003 Winter;116(4):527-42.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the accuracy of the memory for odors and for the location of odors. In Experiment 1, 5 unfamiliar odors were presented in each of 2 rooms. Twenty participants were instructed to remember only the odors (odor-only control group) and 20 were instructed to remember both the odors and the room where the odors were presented (odor place group). In Experiment 2, both the odor presentation room and the sex of the experimenters were manipulated to increase the uniqueness of the odor location. The results demonstrated that the memory for an odor is superior to the memory for the location of an odor. The results also indicated that the intention to learn the sources of an odor improves the memory for the source. These results are discussed in the context of the source monitoring framework.
本研究的目的是调查气味记忆以及气味位置记忆的准确性。在实验1中，在两个房间中的每一个房间里都呈现了5种不熟悉的气味。20名参与者被指示只记住气味（仅气味对照组），另外20名参与者被指示记住气味以及呈现气味的房间（气味位置组）。在实验2中，对气味呈现房间和实验者的性别都进行了操控，以增加气味位置的独特性。结果表明，对气味的记忆优于对气味位置的记忆。结果还表明，了解气味来源的意图会提高对来源的记忆。将在来源监测框架的背景下讨论这些结果。
