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Chem. Senses 26: 117-123, 2001
© Oxford University Press 2001

Evidence of Odor Priming: Edibility Judgements are Primed Differently between the Hemispheres

Mats J. Olsson and Måns Fridén

University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

Correspondence to be sent to: Mats J. Olsson, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, SE-751 42 Uppsala, Sweden. e-mail: mats.olsson{at}psyk.uu.se

In olfaction, there is only weak evidence of repetition priming. Repetition priming was therefore investigated in two experiments using birhinal presentation of odors at study and monorhinal at test. Experiment 1 demonstrated repetition priming for repeated judgements of edibility in terms of response latency, but not in terms of correctness. No differences were found between the hemispheres (nostrils). Experiment 2 utilized a slightly different design, in which identity of odors was studied and judgement of edibility was tested. This time, only the right hemisphere (RH) was associated with priming. This persistence of RH priming should be seen in the light of a general tendency for superiority of the left hemisphere for correctly judging edibility. It is concluded that the olfactory system benefits from previous exposure/processing just as do vision, audition and touch. In line with previous research in vision, it is suggested that RH priming may be more associated with perceptual priming and left-hemisphere (LH) priming with conceptual priming.


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