Temporal integration and reaction times in human smell.
A model description of intensity perception in human taste and smell developed earlier has now been verified experimentally to determine parameter values for odorants. The final objective is to quantify and understand odour-odour interaction phenomena in e.g., masking, deo-perfumes and flavour enhancement. Five types of olfactometer experiments were carried out, viz. determination of thresholds, determination of reaction times, scaling of perceived intensity after 5 sec stimulation, scaling of perceived intensity of a fixed concentration at variable duration, and measurement of intensity/time relationships. Four subjects were used and the odorants cineole, geraniol and hexane.
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Unilever Research Laboratorium Vlaardingen, The Netherlands.
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D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D003511:Cyclohexanols; D000077591:Eucalyptol; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008610:Menthol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D008954:Models, Biological; D039821:Monoterpenes; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D003511:Cyclohexanols; D039821:Monoterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; D008610:Menthol; C007836:geraniol; D000077591:Eucalyptol