Odor attributes change in relation to the time of the year. Cinnamon odor is more familiar and pleasant during Christmas season than summertime

Appetite

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-225

  Seo, Han Seok ^a   Buschhüter, Dorothee ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Christmas; Cinnamon; Congruency; Familiarity; Odor; Pleasantness; Season; Summer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CITRUS SINENSIS; EUGENIA; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; ROSA; SEASONS; SMELL;

EID: 69349103854     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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