title: Odor memory: Review and analysis.
abstract: We critically review the cognitive literature on olfactory memory and identify the similarities and differences between odor memory and visual-verbal memory. We then analyze this literature using criteria from a multiple memory systems approach to determine whether olfactory memory can be considered to be a separate memory system. We conclude that olfactory memory has a variety of important distinguishing characteristics, but that more data are needed to confer this distinction. We suggest methods for the study of olfactory memory that should make a resolution on the separate memory system hypothesis possible while simultaneously advancing a synthetic understanding of olfaction and cognition.
authors.affiliation: Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market St., 19104-3308, Philadelphia, PA, herz@pobox.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Herz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Engen