Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia.
Conscious Cogn. 2011 Dec;20(4):1887-98. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.05.011. Epub 2011 Jun 8.
It has been suggested that there maybe no olfactory illusions. This manuscript examines this claim and argues that it arises because olfactory illusions are not typically accompanied by an awareness of their illusory nature. To demonstrate that olfactory illusions do occur, the relevant empirical literature is reviewed, by examining instances of where the same stimulus results in different percepts, and of where different stimuli result in the same percept. The final part of the manuscript evaluates the evidence favoring the existence of olfactory illusions, and then examines why they may not typically be accompanied by awareness. Three contributory mechanisms are discussed, relating to difficulty of verification and paucity of olfactory knowledge, the role of change blindness, and restricted access consciousness in this sense.
有人认为可能没有嗅觉错觉。本文考察了这一说法，并认为其产生的原因是嗅觉错觉通常不会伴随着对其错觉本质的意识。为了证明嗅觉错觉确实存在，本文通过检查相同刺激导致不同感知的情况，以及不同刺激导致相同感知的情况，回顾了相关的实证文献。本文的最后一部分评估了支持嗅觉错觉存在的证据，然后考察了为什么它们通常不会伴随着意识。讨论了三个促成机制，涉及验证的难度和嗅觉知识的匮乏、变化盲视的作用以及这种意义上的受限意识。
