@article{oai:tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp:00033905,
 author = {中野, 詩織 and 綾部, 早穂 and Nakano, Shiori and Ayabe-Kanamura, Saho},
 issue = {3},
 journal = {Chemosensory perception},
 month = {Sep},
 note = {The present study investigated the orienting behaviors in perception of odors during a preference-based decision-making task. The focus of our study was on smell duration, especially during the first exposure. Participants were instructed to choose the most preferred odor among multiple alternatives. The alternatives in experiments 1, 2, and 3 were manipulated so that the similarity among alternatives became higher; in experiment 1, the alternatives were chosen from multiple categories (e.g., laundry detergents and beverages); in experiment 2, they were from a single category (six kinds of flavored tea); and in experiment 3, they were from a single subcategory (six kinds of jasmine tea). Results showed that the chosen odor was smelled longer than nonchosen odors (the smell bias effect) during the first exposure. However, this effect only occurred when alternatives consisted of different categories. Furthermore, the smell bias effect did not occur when participants chose the most intense odor. These results suggest that orienting behavior reflected participants’ preference only when the odors were relatively easy to discriminate from each other.

An erratum to this article can be found at http://​dx.​doi.​org/​10.​1007/​s12078-013-9155-y.},
 pages = {140--147},
 title = {Smell Behavior During Odor Preference Decision},
 volume = {6},
 year = {2013}
}