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- Title
An exploratory investigation of coffee and lemon scents and odor identification.
- Authors
Grosofsky, Alexis; Haupert, Margaret L; Versteeg, Schyler W
- Abstract
Fragrance sellers often provide coffee beans to their customers as a "nasal palate cleanser," to reduce the effects of olfactory adaptation and habituation. To test this idea, college students smelled three fragrances multiple times, rating odors each time. After completing nine trials, participants sniffed coffee beans, lemon slices, or plain air. Participants then indicated which of four presented fragrances had not been previously smelled; Coffee beans did not yield better performance than lemon slices or air.
- Publication
Perceptual and motor skills, 2011, Vol 112, Issue 2, p536
- ISSN
0031-5125
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2466/24.PMS.112.2.536-538