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Individual differences in odor imaging ability reflect differences in olfactory and emotional perception

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We asked whether the large variability in odor imaging ability is underlain by interindividual differences in the processing of smells and emotion. Olfactory imaging ability, anhedonia level, and odor perception were measured in 40 subjects, using the Vividness of Olfactory Imagery Questionnaire (VOIQ), the Physical Anhedonia Scale, and the European Test of Olfactory Capabilities. ‘‘Good’’ olfactory imagers, defined primarily on the basis of the VOIQ, rated pleasant smells as more familiar and had lower anhedonia scores than ‘‘bad’’ olfactory imagers. Based on self-reported measures, these results suggest that, like olfactory perception, the mental imagery of smells is related to emotion and that, beyond their differences in vividness, good and bad olfactory imagers differ in their experience of emotion and long-term memory of smells.

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hal-01137137 , version 1 (30-03-2015)

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M. Bensafi, Catherine Rouby. Individual differences in odor imaging ability reflect differences in olfactory and emotional perception. Chemical Senses, 2007, 32 (3), pp.237-244. ⟨10.1093/chemse/bjl051⟩. ⟨hal-01137137⟩
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