Can the Identification of Odorants Within a Mixture Be Trained?

This study supports the idea that the number of odors we can recognize within a mixture is limited but suggests training can improve the performance: a short olfactory training is enough to enhance the ability to identify single odorants, whereas expertise refines identification ability of mixtures of up to 4 odorants. PMID: 30260369 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30260369?dopt=Abstract

Source: Chemical Senses - September 27, 2018 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Poupon D, Fernandez P, Boisvert SA, Migneault-Bouchard C, Frasnelli J Tags: Chem Senses Source Type: research