Olfactory LOVER: behavioral and neural correlates of autobiographical odor memory

Larsson, Maria; Willander, Johan; Karlsson, Kristina; Arshamian, Artin

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00312

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“…Odor is thought to be strongly associated with emotion (e.g., Larsson, Willander, Karlsson, & Arshamian, 2014;Soudry, Lemogne, Malinvaud, Consoli, & Bonfils, 2011;Yeshurun & Sobel, 2010), suggesting words dominant in olfaction may be loaded with more emotional information. So, one could predict differences in responses may be due to emotion.…”

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“…One possibility for the difference between odor words and words dominant in the other proximal senses, is that odor words are more emotionally valenced. Odor is thought to be strongly tied to emotion due to the close proximity between the olfactory system and the emotion processing system in the brain (see Larsson, Willander, Karlsson, & Arshamian, 2014;Soudry, Lemogne, Malinvaud, Consoli, & Bonfils, 2011, for reviews), and odors are thought to be primarily perceived in terms of their valence (e.g., Yeshurun & Sobel, 2010). It is possible, therefore, that words with strong olfactory information are also loaded with more emotional information (although, note, this has also been suggested for taste; see Krifka, 2010;Winter, 2016).…”

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Dutch modality exclusivity norms: Simulating perceptual modality in space

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Perceptual information is important for the meaning of nouns. We present modality exclusivity norms for 485 Dutch nouns rated on visual, auditory, haptic, gustatory, and olfactory associations. We found these nouns are highly multimodal. They were rated most dominant in vision, and least in olfaction. A factor analysis identified two main dimensions: one loaded strongly on olfaction and gustation (reflecting joint involvement in flavor), and a second loaded strongly on vision and touch (reflecting joint involvement in manipulable objects). In a second study, we validated the ratings with similarity judgments. As expected, words from the same dominant modality were rated more similar than words from different dominant modalities; but -more importantly -this effect was enhanced when word pairs had high modality strength ratings. We further demonstrated the utility of our ratings by investigating whether perceptual modalities are differentially experienced in space, in a third study. Nouns were categorized into their dominant modality and used in a lexical decision experiment where the spatial position of words was either in proximal or distal space. We found words dominant in olfaction were processed faster in proximal than distal space compared to the other modalities, suggesting olfactory information is mentally simulated as Bclose^to the body. Finally, we collected ratings of emotion (valence, dominance, and arousal) to assess its role in perceptual space simulation, but the valence did not explain the data. So, words are processed differently depending on their perceptual associations, and strength of association is captured by modality exclusivity ratings.

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“…What seems to have happened is that you have experienced what has come to be known as the Proust phenomenon, whereby a currently perceived odor causes the spontaneous recollection of a past event. The Proust phenomenon has been described using the LOVER acronym Larsson, Willander, Karlsson, & Arshamian, 2014), whereby odor-evoked autobiographical memories are Limbic, Old, Vivid, Emotional, and Rare. Furthermore, the Proust phenomenon refers to the notion that odors are more effective cues for eliciting autobiographical memories than other types of cues (Chu & Downes, 2000b;de Bruijn & Bender, 2017).…”

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An in-depth review of the methods, findings, and theories associated with odor-evoked autobiographical memory

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Over the past nearly 35 years, there has been sporadic interest in what has commonly come to be known as the Proust phenomenon, whereby autobiographical memories are retrieved and experienced differently when evoked by odors as compared with other types of cues, such as words, images or sounds. The purpose of this review is threefold. First, we provide a detailed analysis of the methods used to investigate Proust effects. Second, we review and analyze the various findings from the literature and determine what we feel to be the most important and stable findings. Third, we provide a series of previously postulated and new hypotheses that attempt to account for the various findings. Given the early stage of research, the current review aims to provide a measure of organization to the field, as well serve as a guide for how future investigations may address the topic. We conclude with the recommendation that research in this area shift its focus from establishing the phenomenon towards explaining its causes.

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“…In the third article, Köster et al (2014) reverse the typical view on memory as being triggered by cues of previously encountered objects and argue that odor memory in everyday life is about detecting novelty rather than pleasantness. This section ends with an overview by Larsson et al (2014) (article fourth) on the potency of odor-cues to generate life-long autobiographical memories.The second section reunites contributions on the acquisition and consequence of olfactory expertise which remains relatively unexplored in olfaction. Royet et al (2013), report brain imaging studies with different types of odor experts, including: perfumers, flavorists, and oenologists (article fifth).…”

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Applied Olfactory Cognition

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In recent years a significant body of research has accumulated on olfaction along several lines of investigation, ranging from molecular mechanisms to the neural and cognitive processing of olfactory information, as well as to multiple influences of odors on our everyday lives. The purpose of the present Frontiers' Research Topic is to present experimental data (run in the laboratory as well as in everyday settings), reviews and methods papers on various applied or applicable aspects of olfactory cognition along with the beneficial possibilities that olfactory cognitions make possible in ameliorating different aspects of human condition.The present Research Topic is composed of 23 articles reunited in six fields of applied olfactory cognition. The first section concerns basic studies on odor memory and attention. In the first article, Smeets and Dijksterhuis (2014) review the potency of odors to affect human behavior. In the second article, Toet and van Schaik (2013) focus on how such priming are dependent on the congruency between the odor prime and the behavior that is supposed to be affected. In the third article, Köster et al. (2014) reverse the typical view on memory as being triggered by cues of previously encountered objects and argue that odor memory in everyday life is about detecting novelty rather than pleasantness. This section ends with an overview by Larsson et al. (2014) (article fourth) on the potency of odor-cues to generate life-long autobiographical memories.The second section reunites contributions on the acquisition and consequence of olfactory expertise which remains relatively unexplored in olfaction. Royet et al. (2013), report brain imaging studies with different types of odor experts, including: perfumers, flavorists, and oenologists (article fifth). Thereafter Sezille et al. We are grateful to all of the contributors for their commitment to this project and for providing new accounts of the state of the art in applied olfactory cognition. We would also like to extend our special thanks to Professor Richard J. Stevenson for writing the foreword of this book. We hope that this e-volume will help promote further research on the applied aspects of olfactory perception and cognition and attract new scientists Applied olfactory cognition to the field. We also hope that it will be a useful resource for colleagues and professionals dealing with the study of the chemical senses in relation with issues on human welfare in everyday setting. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Olfactory LOVER: behavioral and neural correlates of autobiographical odor memory

Cited by 66 publications

References 35 publications

Dutch modality exclusivity norms: Simulating perceptual modality in space

Dutch modality exclusivity norms: Simulating perceptual modality in space

An in-depth review of the methods, findings, and theories associated with odor-evoked autobiographical memory

Applied Olfactory Cognition

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