Olfactics INTRODUCTION Sense of smell Difficult to identify Poor at naming odors vs visual appearance Inducing recognition on olfactics Introduction Verbal labeling Images are easily named but smells are a lot more difficult to detect Stevenson et al ID: 395956
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Machaela, Rob, Kaila, Sarah, Chris, and Brittanny
OlfacticsSlide2
INTRODUCTION
Sense of smell
Difficult to identify
Poor at naming odors vs. visual appearanceInducing recognition on olfacticsSlide3
Introduction
Verbal labeling
Images are easily named but smells are a lot more difficult to detect (Stevenson et al.)
“Tip of the Tongue” Phenomenon“Tip of the Nose” Phenomenon TOT
Idea of word and syllables
TON
DisadvantageBased off of characteristics of smell not the word itselfSlide4
Laboratory-Based RWI Effect
First
RWI experiment in 1990
Semantic MemoryCleary and Specker Study on Celebrities (2007)Study PurposeCan RWI be shown without identified odors?
Does RWI involve preexisting connections between odor names and referents?
Examine TOT StatesSlide5
Methods
68 student participants
did experiment in exchange for $$$
Materials80 different scentsScratch and sniff stickersBooklets“Name only”
“Name-plus-scent”
Half of the scents corresponded to the study cards, half did notSlide6
methods
Procedure
Groups of 4-8 randomly assigned
“Name-only condition”“Name-plus scent condition”Half and halfTOT state
Could not flip back
No formal time limit for each pageSlide7
Results
Have
to consider how often the participants were able to identify the odors at test (some people can’t smell it even if they know what it is)
The participants may have never smelt the scent beforeWas difficult for participants
Naming
Scents is more difficult than naming other types of stimuliSlide8
Results
More
test scents were identified overall when the names and the scents were studied
Degree of priming was greater in the name-plus-scent conditionSince significant priming was shown even in the name-only condition it serves as a manipulation check, in that it suggests that there was correspondence between the scents used in the present study and their names.
Studying
a scent’s name by itself increased the likelihood Slide9
rESULTS
GENDER
DIFFERENCE
Studies show that females score higher when detecting odor, identifying odor, and odor discriminationOne article said it is evident in females as newborn babies
Females scent detection is very strong during
menstruationSlide10
discussion
The
RWI effect only occurred in the condition in which the study test odors themselves had actually been smelled at study
This pattern of finding suggests that the odor RWI effect reported here is an episodic perceptually driven phenomenonReinstating episodes occurring with memory of what it smells like along with the visual image that comes along with itSlide11
discussion
Researchers
have shown that the odor of a certain item is significantly more difficult than naming it and telling what it looks like
However, odors are not uniquely connected with their name, but rather are weakly connected to all identifying information about their source. Slide12
Summary
Participants studied either odor names alone or odor names that were accompanied by scratch-and-sniff stickers, which some corresponded to items that were studied and half were not studied.
They attempted to identify each odor and rate the likelihood that it corresponded to a studied item.
Furthermore, the participants would then identify if they were in a tip-of-the-tongue state and odor recognition without identification was found.
This happened when the participants smelled the odors at the study and not when they studied the odors and then tested on them.
Which showed an episode-specific effect, driven by past experience with the odor.Slide13
Summary Continued…..
Both conditions (the name-only and name-plus scent conditions) showed the TOT-attribution.
This study raises the question of whether the ability to recognize odors that cannot be identified (“Tip of the nose effect”) is due to a mere feeling of familiarity with the unidentifiable odor or whether it is due to a prior occurrence.
Future studies should look at this question and look at effective triggers of feelings of familiarity.