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Selection of odorants for memory tests on the basis of familiarity, perceived complexity, pleasantness, similarity and identification.
Full Abstract
In a procedure for the selection of two equivalent sets of familiar and two equivalent sets of unfamiliar odours for use in odour memory studies, 24 naïve subjects were first asked to rate the familiarity, perceived complexity and pleasantness of 54 a priori unfamiliar odours and 57 a priori familiar odours and to identify the latter. After selection of the 40 most familiar and the 40 least familiar odours, the subjects sorted each of these two sets into groups of similar odours. Their results were analysed by multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis and each set was divided into two recognition sets that had the same degree of similarity between target and distractor odours and that had similar values of familiarity, pleasantness, perceived complexity (familiar and unfamiliar sets) and identifiability (familiar sets). Finally, recognition tasks were performed in order to check the equivalence in memory performance of both the two familiar and the two unfamiliar recognition sets.
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Author/s: Sulmont, Claire (C); Issanchou, Sylvie (S); Köster, E P (EP);
Affiliation: INRA, Unité Mixte de Recherches sur les Arômes, 17 Rue Sully, BP 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: Chemical senses (Chem Senses), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-May; vol 27 (issue 4) : pp 307-17
Dates: Created 2002/05/13; Completed 2002/11/25; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12006371, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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