Chem. Senses 24: 191-199,
1999
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Perception of Everyday Odors—Correlation between Intensity, Familiarity and Strength of Hedonic Judgement
1 Institute of Medical Psychology, University of Munich, Goethestraße 31, D-80336 Munich, Germany. 2 Institute of Psychology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan. 3 Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70228, 04510 México, D.F., México. 4 National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, AIST, MITI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
Correspondence to be sent to: Hans Distel, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, University of Munich, Goethestraße 31, D-80366, München, Germany. e-mail: hdistel{at}imp.med.uni-muenchen.de
In this study, 40 Japanese, 44 German and 39 Mexican women were presented with 18 everyday odorants. They were asked to rate them for intensity on a six-point scale from not detectable to very strong, for pleasantness on an 11-point scale from -5, to neutral at 0, to +5, and for familiarity on a six-point scale from completely unknown to extremely familiar. Consistent positive correlations were found between paired rating scores for the three measures, and although they were not particularly strong (rs range, 0.19–0.60), for most odorants all three correlations were significant. Similar results were obtained whether the data were analyzed on an individual or a national basis. Most notable were the consistent positive correlations between perceived intensity and ratings of familiarity and hedonic strength. It is suggested that the perceived intensity of the odorants depended not only on stimulus concentration but probably also on experience-dependent factors.
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