Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 8, 37134, Verona, Italy.
Perception and Awareness (PandA) Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 8, 37134, Verona, Italy.
Neurol Sci. 2023 Jul;44(7):2251-2263. doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-06734-8. Epub 2023 Mar 13.
To date, there are quite a few studies assessing olfaction and gustation in blindness, with great variability in sample size, participants' age, blindness onset and smell and taste evaluation methods. Indeed, the evaluation of olfactory and gustatory performance can differ depending on several factors, including cultural differences. Therefore, here we analysed through a narrative review, all the works reporting a smell and taste assessment in blind individuals during the last 130 years, trying to summarize and address the knowledge in this field.
迄今为止，已有相当多的研究评估了失明者的嗅觉和味觉，其样本量、参与者年龄、失明发生时间以及嗅觉和味觉评估方法差异很大。事实上，嗅觉和味觉表现的评估可能因包括文化差异在内的多种因素而有所不同。因此，在这里我们通过叙述性综述分析了过去 130 年来所有报告在盲人中进行嗅觉和味觉评估的作品，试图总结和阐述该领域的知识。
