| Author: | Wijk, R. de Cain, W. |
| Title: | Odor identification by name and by edibility: life-span development and safety |
| Journal: | Human Factors
1994 : MAR, VOL. 36:1, p. 182-187 |
| Index terms: | SAFETY DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The study explored how subjects from childhood (8-14 years old) to elderly adulthood could identify the odors of 17 everyday products. Performance at naming followed an inverted U-shaped course over age, best in young adults and poorest in children and elderly. A discrimination task given to the adults revealed parallel age-related declines in ability to name and to discriminate odors. Correct identification by edibility exceeded that by name considerably. |
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