Naming Scents: How Labels Shape Our Perception of Odors
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Summary: New research reveals that the names we assign to odors can significantly influence how we perceive them.
Summary: New research reveals that the names we assign to odors can significantly influence how we perceive them.
Our brains process odors differently depending on the names assigned to them, according to new research.
東京大学(東大)と情報通信研究機構(NICT)の両者は4月26日、超高磁場のfMRIを用いた検証を行い、同じ匂いを嗅いだ場合でも、その匂いに対して異なる「言葉ラベル」(その匂いを表す言葉)を与えられると、ヒトは匂いの感じ方、および「一次嗅覚野」の脳活動が変化…