Interaction between Olfactory and Somatosensory Perception: Do Odors in Close Categories have Similar Effects?

In our previous experiments, it was shown that odors (rose, sandalwood) might influence the haptic perception (stiffness, roughness). In particular, subjects felt a smooth surface even smoother with rose odor and a stiff surface even harder with sandalwood odor. This study investigated whether the e...

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Main Authors: Yurie Nishino, DongWook Kim, Juan Liu, Hiroshi Ando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-10-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/ic871
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spelling doaj-92dcce49308d4d0db7f65a3343b2f2592020-11-25T03:24:38ZengSAGE Publishingi-Perception2041-66952011-10-01210.1068/ic87110.1068_ic871Interaction between Olfactory and Somatosensory Perception: Do Odors in Close Categories have Similar Effects?Yurie Nishino0DongWook Kim1Juan Liu2Hiroshi Ando3NICT Universal Media Research CenterNICT Universal Media Research CenterNICT Universal Media Research CenterNICT Universal Media Research CenterIn our previous experiments, it was shown that odors (rose, sandalwood) might influence the haptic perception (stiffness, roughness). In particular, subjects felt a smooth surface even smoother with rose odor and a stiff surface even harder with sandalwood odor. This study investigated whether the effects of odors could be explained by their categories that are derived from the verbal descriptions of odors. We used jasmine that is categorized as “flower”, which includes rose, and peppermint that is categorized as “herb” close to sandalwood for our experiments. Subjects were requested to adjust the roughness or stiffness of a test surface to match that of a standard surface just shown before it using a force-feedback device. Standard surfaces were presented with different odors (jasmine, peppermint, odorless) which was projected to the noses of subjects. The results showed that jasmine made subjects feel the surfaces softer than those in odorless condition, but had no effect on roughness perception. Meanwhile peppermint did not show significant effect on either stiffness or roughness perception. According to the inconsistency between the results of present and previous experiments, we argue that odors in similar categories do not necessarily influence haptic perception in the same way.https://doi.org/10.1068/ic871
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DongWook Kim
Juan Liu
Hiroshi Ando
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Juan Liu
Hiroshi Ando
Interaction between Olfactory and Somatosensory Perception: Do Odors in Close Categories have Similar Effects?
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title Interaction between Olfactory and Somatosensory Perception: Do Odors in Close Categories have Similar Effects?
title_short Interaction between Olfactory and Somatosensory Perception: Do Odors in Close Categories have Similar Effects?
title_full Interaction between Olfactory and Somatosensory Perception: Do Odors in Close Categories have Similar Effects?
title_fullStr Interaction between Olfactory and Somatosensory Perception: Do Odors in Close Categories have Similar Effects?
title_full_unstemmed Interaction between Olfactory and Somatosensory Perception: Do Odors in Close Categories have Similar Effects?
title_sort interaction between olfactory and somatosensory perception: do odors in close categories have similar effects?
publisher SAGE Publishing
series i-Perception
issn 2041-6695
publishDate 2011-10-01
description In our previous experiments, it was shown that odors (rose, sandalwood) might influence the haptic perception (stiffness, roughness). In particular, subjects felt a smooth surface even smoother with rose odor and a stiff surface even harder with sandalwood odor. This study investigated whether the effects of odors could be explained by their categories that are derived from the verbal descriptions of odors. We used jasmine that is categorized as “flower”, which includes rose, and peppermint that is categorized as “herb” close to sandalwood for our experiments. Subjects were requested to adjust the roughness or stiffness of a test surface to match that of a standard surface just shown before it using a force-feedback device. Standard surfaces were presented with different odors (jasmine, peppermint, odorless) which was projected to the noses of subjects. The results showed that jasmine made subjects feel the surfaces softer than those in odorless condition, but had no effect on roughness perception. Meanwhile peppermint did not show significant effect on either stiffness or roughness perception. According to the inconsistency between the results of present and previous experiments, we argue that odors in similar categories do not necessarily influence haptic perception in the same way.
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