人类识别混合气味的能力。

The capacity of humans to identify odors in mixtures.

作者信息

Laing D G, Francis G W

机构信息

CSIRO Food Research Laboratory, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.

出版信息

Physiol Behav. 1989 Nov;46(5):809-14. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(89)90041-3.

DOI:10.1016/0031-9384(89)90041-3

PMID:2628992

Abstract

One hundred and twenty-three subjects were given the task of identifying the constituents of stimuli consisting of 1-5 odorants. The highest level of identification occurred with single odors and few subjects correctly identified the constituents of mixtures. Since the stimuli were common, dissimilar odors, the results suggest that the capacity of humans to process information about odors perceived simultaneously may be limited, or that odors in mixtures blend to form a new odor with few of the characteristics of the constituent odors.

摘要

123名受试者被要求识别由1至5种气味组成的刺激物的成分。单一气味的识别率最高，很少有受试者能正确识别混合物的成分。由于这些刺激物是常见的、不同的气味，结果表明，人类同时处理所感知气味信息的能力可能有限，或者混合物中的气味混合形成了一种新气味，其成分气味的特征很少。