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PMID: 21505218 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Strong negative reactions, physical symptoms, and behavioral disruptions due to environmental odors are common in the adult population. We investigated relationships among such environmental chemosensory responsivity (CR), personality traits, affective states, and odor perception. Study 1 showed that CR and neuroticism were positively correlated in a sample of young adults (n = 101), suggesting that persons high in neuroticism respond more negatively to environmental odors. Study 2 explored the relationships among CR, noise responsivity (NR), neuroticism, and odor perception (i.e., pleasantness and intensity) in a subset of participants (n = 40). High CR was associated with high NR. Regression analyses indicated that high CR predicted higher odor intensity ratings and low olfactory threshold (high sensitivity) predicted lower pleasantness ratings. However, neuroticism was not directly associated with odor ratings or thresholds. Overall, the results suggest that CR and odor thresholds predict perceptual ratings of odors and that high CR is associated with nonchemosensory affective traits. |
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Stina Cornell Kärnekull; Fredrik U Jönsson; Maria Larsson; Jonas K Olofsson |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-4-19 |
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Title: Chemical senses Volume: - ISSN: 1464-3553 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-4-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8217190 Medline TA: Chem Senses Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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1Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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