ASSOCIATIONS TO ODORS - INTERFERENCE, MNEMONICS, AND VERBAL LABELING
ASSOCIATIONS TO ODORS - INTERFERENCE, MNEMONICS, AND VERBAL LABELING
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DOI:
10.1037/0278-7393.3.1.52
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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ENGEN, T
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LAWLESS, H;ENGEN, T
Three experiments with a total of 113 college students showed that, in a paired-associate paradigm using odors as stimuli and pictures for multiple-choice responses, the 1st of 2 associations to an odor was retained far better than the 2nd over a 2-wk period. Results suggest that the persistence of first-learned associations may be responsible for the long-lasting nature of odor memories. Ss reported constructing mediational schemes for mnemonic devices to link the odors and pictures. Latencies for a task of naming odors indicated that although naming odors is difficult, labels could be generated sufficiently fast that they could be employed as mediators in the paired-associate task. A 3rd task investigated the phenomenon of knowing that an odor was familiar but being unable to name it. Ss in this" tip-of-the-nose" state were questioned about the odor quality and the name of the odor and were given hints about the name. These Ss were found to have information available about the odor quality but none for the name as found in the tip-of-the-tongue state. However, as in the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, hints given to the Ss in the tip-of-the-nose state often led to the correct name.(25 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)