Oleszkiewicz A, Schriever V A, Valder C, Agosin E, Altundag A, Avni H, Cao Van H, Cornejo C, Fishman G, Guarneros M, Gupta N, Kamel R, Knaapila A, Konstantinidis I, Landis B N, Larsson M, Lundström J N, Macchi A, Marino-Sanchez F, Mori E, Mullol J, Parma V, Propst E J, Sandell M A, Sorokowska A, Vodicka J, Hummel T, Gellrich J
Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center for Chronically Sick Children (Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum, SPZ), Berlin, Germany.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Jun;157:111129. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111129. Epub 2022 Apr 14.
Olfactory preference emerges very early in life, and the sense of smell in children rapidly develops until the second decade of life. It is still unclear whether hedonic perception of odors is shared in children inhabiting different regions of the globe.
Five-hundred ten healthy children (N = 510; n = 256; n = 254) aged from 5 to 8 years from 18 countries rated the pleasantness of 17 odors.
The hedonic perception of odors in children aged between 5 and 8 years was rather consistent across 18 countries and mainly driven by the qualities of an odor and the overall ability of children to label odorants.
Conclusions from this study, being a secondary analysis, are limited to the presented set of odors that were initially selected for the development of U-Sniff test and present null findings for the cross-cultural variability in hedonic perception of odors across 18 countries. These two major issues should be addressed in the future to either contradict or replicate the results presented herewith. This research lays fundament for posing further research questions about the developmental aspects of hedonic perception of odors and opens a new door for investigating cross-cultural differences in chemosensory perception of children.
嗅觉偏好早在生命早期就已出现,儿童的嗅觉在生命的第二个十年之前迅速发展。目前尚不清楚生活在全球不同地区的儿童对气味的享乐感知是否相同。
来自18个国家的510名5至8岁健康儿童(N = 510;n = 256;n = 254)对17种气味的愉悦程度进行评分。
5至8岁儿童对气味的享乐感知在18个国家中相当一致,主要由气味的特性以及儿童标记气味物质的整体能力驱动。
作为一项二次分析,本研究的结论仅限于最初为开发U-Sniff测试而选择的一组气味,并且对于18个国家中气味享乐感知的跨文化差异呈现出无显著差异的结果。未来应解决这两个主要问题,以反驳或重复此处呈现的结果。本研究为提出关于气味享乐感知发展方面的进一步研究问题奠定了基础,并为研究儿童化学感觉感知的跨文化差异打开了一扇新的大门。