Hedonic perception of odors in children aged 5–8 years is similar across 18 countries: Preliminary data

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Contributors

  • A. Oleszkiewicz - , Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, University of Wrocław (Author)
  • V. A. Schriever - , Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • C. Valder - , Systema Natura GmbH (Author)
  • E. Agosin - , Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Author)
  • A. Altundag - , Biruni Universitesi (Author)
  • H. Avni - , Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Author)
  • H. Cao Van - , University of Geneva (Author)
  • C. Cornejo - , Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Author)
  • G. Fishman - , Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Author)
  • M. Guarneros - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Author)
  • N. Gupta - , University of Delhi (Author)
  • R. Kamel - , Cairo University (Author)
  • A. Knaapila - , University of Helsinki (Author)
  • I. Konstantinidis - , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Author)
  • B. N. Landis - , University of Geneva (Author)
  • M. Larsson - , Stockholm University (Author)
  • J. N. Lundström - , Karolinska Institutet (Author)
  • A. Macchi - , University of Insubria (Author)
  • F. Marino-Sanchez - , Hospital Ramon y Cajal (Author)
  • E. Mori - , The Jikei University School of Medicine (Author)
  • J. Mullol - , University of Barcelona (Author)
  • V. Parma - , Temple University, Monell Chemical Senses Center (Author)
  • E. J. Propst - , University of Toronto (Author)
  • M. A. Sandell - , University of Helsinki (Author)
  • A. Sorokowska - , University of Wrocław (Author)
  • J. Vodicka - , University of Pardubice (Author)
  • T. Hummel - , Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • J. Gellrich - , Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)

Abstract

Objective: Olfactory preference emerges very early in life, and the sense of smell in children rapidly develops until the second decade of life. It is still unclear whether hedonic perception of odors is shared in children inhabiting different regions of the globe. Methods: Five-hundred ten healthy children (N = 510; ngirls = 256; nboys = 254) aged from 5 to 8 years from 18 countries rated the pleasantness of 17 odors. Results: The hedonic perception of odors in children aged between 5 and 8 years was rather consistent across 18 countries and mainly driven by the qualities of an odor and the overall ability of children to label odorants. Conclusion: Conclusions from this study, being a secondary analysis, are limited to the presented set of odors that were initially selected for the development of U-Sniff test and present null findings for the cross-cultural variability in hedonic perception of odors across 18 countries. These two major issues should be addressed in the future to either contradict or replicate the results presented herewith. This research lays fundament for posing further research questions about the developmental aspects of hedonic perception of odors and opens a new door for investigating cross-cultural differences in chemosensory perception of children.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number111129
Number of pages6
JournalInternational journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
Volume2022
Issue number157
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 35443229
unpaywall 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111129
WOS 000849774200009
ORCID /0000-0002-7336-5815/work/142659525
ORCID /0000-0001-9713-0183/work/146645321

Keywords

Keywords

  • Children, Hedonic perception, Odor identification, Olfaction, Psychophysiology, Humans, Child, Preschool, Male, Emotions, Odorants, Smell, Preliminary Data, Female, Perception, Child

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