Name
Abstract | ||
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Do we mentally simulate olfactory information? We investigated mental simulation of odors and sounds in two experiments. Participants retained a word while they smelled an odor or heard a sound, then rated odor/sound intensity and recalled the word. Later odor/sound recognition was also tested, and pleasantness and familiarity judgments were collected. Word recall was slower when the sound and sound-word mismatched (e.g., bee sound with the word typhoon). Sound recognition was higher when sounds were paired with a match or near-match word (e.g., bee sound with bee or buzzer). This indicates sound-words are mentally simulated. However, using the same paradigm no memory effects were observed for odor. Instead it appears odor-words only affect lexical-semantic representations, demonstrated by higher ratings of odor intensity and pleasantness when an odor was paired with a match or near-match word (e.g., peach odor with peach or mango). These results suggest fundamental differences in how odor and sound-words are represented. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1111/cogs.12593 | COGNITIVE SCIENCE |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Mental simulation,Embodiment,Memory,Olfaction,Audition | Sound recognition,Word Recall,Olfaction,Odor,Psychology,Cognitive psychology,Embodied cognition,Olfactory perception,Sound intensity | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
42 | 4.0 | 0364-0213 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 6 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura J. Speed | 1 | 1 | 3.10 |
| Asifa Majid | 2 | 14 | 10.85 |