Gösta Ekman Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden.
Front Psychol. 2014 Feb 3;5:34. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00034. eCollection 2014.
In the present work we present an overview of experimental findings corroborating olfactory imagery observations with the visual and auditory modalities. Overall, the results indicate that imagery of olfactory information share many features with those observed in the primary senses although some major differences are evident. One such difference pertains to the considerable individual differences observed, with the majority being unable to reproduce olfactory information in their mind. Here, we highlight factors that are positively related to an olfactory imagery capacity, such as semantic knowledge, perceptual experience, and olfactory interest that may serve as potential moderators of the large individual variation.
在目前的工作中,我们概述了支持嗅觉意象与视觉和听觉模式观察结果的实验发现。总的来说,结果表明,尽管存在一些明显的差异,但嗅觉信息的意象与主要感觉中观察到的信息有许多共同之处。其中一个差异与观察到的相当大的个体差异有关,大多数人无法在他们的头脑中再现嗅觉信息。在这里,我们强调了与嗅觉意象能力呈正相关的因素,例如语义知识、感知经验和嗅觉兴趣,这些因素可能是个体差异的潜在调节因素。