Laing D G, Clark P J
Physiol Behav. 1983 Apr;30(4):591-7. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(83)90226-3.
The preferences of 302 males, aged 8-9, 14 and 16 years, for ten food related odors were determined using a hedonic scale. The aim was to establish if major changes in preferences occur during the period which encompasses puberty. Small but significant differences between the 8-9 year group and the others were obtained for meat and chicken odors; between the 14 year group and the others for peanut butter odor; and there was a change from dislike to like with age for coffee odor. The results were almost all confirmed in a retest. The general lack of differences between the responses of the three age groups indicated that no major change occurs in preferences for food odors between the ages of 8 and 16 years. Although these results indicate that olfactory preferences for food odors are not affected by puberty, they do not eliminate the possibility that preferences may be altered for odors related to sex and emotion [13].
使用享乐量表确定了302名年龄在8至9岁、14岁和16岁的男性对十种与食物相关气味的偏好。目的是确定在青春期期间偏好是否会发生重大变化。在肉类和鸡肉气味方面，8至9岁组与其他组之间存在微小但显著的差异；在花生酱气味方面，14岁组与其他组之间存在差异；对于咖啡气味，随着年龄增长，喜好从厌恶变为喜欢。这些结果在重新测试中几乎全部得到证实。三个年龄组的反应普遍缺乏差异，表明8至16岁之间对食物气味的偏好没有发生重大变化。尽管这些结果表明对食物气味的嗅觉偏好不受青春期影响，但它们并未排除与性和情感相关的气味偏好可能发生改变的可能性[13]。
