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Chemical Senses 23: 433-441,
© 1998 Oxford University Press
Olfactory Memory: the Long and Short of It
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse Syracuse, NY, USA
Correspondence to be sent to: Theresa L. White, SUNY Health Science Center Room 3232 Weiskotten Hall, 766 living Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. e-mail whitet{at}vax.cs.hscsyredu
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It has been proposed that memory for odors does not have a short-term (or working) memory system. The distinction between short- and long-term memory in other sensory modalities has been generally supported by three main lines of evidence: capacity differences between the proposed systems, evidence of differential coding, and differential memory losses in neuropsychological patients. The present paper examines these issues in an effort to establish a similar distinction for the memory of olfactory stimuli. Each of these lines of evidence is examined in relation to the literature on olfactory memory. Based on this examination, it seems that there is at least preliminary support from each of these lines of evidence to advocate a distinction between a long- and short-term memory for olfactory stimuli. Emphasis is placed upon the qualitative similarity of olfactory memory to other memory systems. This similarity is further highlighted through an examination of the literature pertinent to serial position effects in memory for olfactory stimuli.
Accepted 9 March 1998
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