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The world is undergoing massive atmospheric and ecological change, driving unprecedented challenges to human well-being. Olfaction is a …
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Based on a large body of previous research suggesting that smell loss was a predictor of COVID-19, we investigated the ability of …
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A growing body of research suggests that emotional chemosignals in others’ body odor (BO), particularly those sampled during fearful …
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There is a prevailing view that humans’ capacity to use language to characterize sensations like odors or tastes is poor, providing an …
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People often confuse smell loss with taste loss, so it is unclear how much gustatory function is reduced in patients self-reporting …
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Chemosensory dysfunction is a frequent postacute sequela of COVID-19. Depending on the type of test used to measure it (self-report vs. …
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Olfactory preference emerges very early in life, and the sense of smell in children rapidly develops until the second decade of life. …
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Sudden smell loss is a specific early symptom of COVID-19, which, prior to the emergence of Omicron, had estimated prevalence of ~40% …
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Self-reported smell loss is a prominent symptom of COVID-19 infection and a potentially useful clinical tool for remote pre-screening …
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Loss of smell decreases the quality of life and contributes to the failure in recognizing hazardous substances. Given the relevance of …
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Recent research contends that the behavioral immune system, operating largely outside conscious awareness, motivates individuals to …
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  1. Background: Persistent olfactory (POD) and gustatory (PGD) dysfunctions are one of the most frequent symptoms of long-Coronavirus …
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Even though the human sense of smell provides critical information for one’s health and well-being, it is still often considered a …
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Withholding uninitiated actions and cancelling ongoing ones are two main components of response inhibition, a key element of the …
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Response inhibition is sensitive to unexpected changes in the environment triggered by emotional stimuli. Whereas the impact of visual …
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Chemosensory impairments have been established as a specific indicator of COVID-19. They affect most patients and may persist long past …
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Commercially available smell tests are primarily used in research or in-depth clinical evaluations and are too costly and …
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In a preregistered, cross-sectional study, we investigated whether olfactory loss is a reliable predictor of COVID-19 using a …
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Recent anecdotal and scientific reports have provided evidence of a link between COVID-19 and chemosensory impairments, such as …
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have taken drastic measures to avoid an overflow of intensive care units. …
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Recent anecdotal and scientific reports have provided evidence of a link between COVID-19 and chemosensory impairments, such as …
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The main neurological manifestation of COVID-19 is loss of smell or taste. The high incidence of smell loss without significant …
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A wealth of rapidly evolving reports suggests that olfaction and taste disturbances may be manifestations of the novel COVID-19 …
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Whether emotional stimuli influence both response readiness and inhibition is highly controversial. Visual emotional stimuli appear to …
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Whether emotional stimuli influence both response readiness and inhibition is highly controversial. Visual emotional stimuli appear to …
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An individual’s nervous and cognitive systems are lateralized, and handedness represents a behavioral manifestation of such …
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Among the most unnoticeable stimuli providing social information, body odors are powerful social tools that can modulate behavioral and …
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In body odor research, the interaction of female donors and receivers is scarcely investigated. With the aim to investigate effects of …
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A strong male prevalence has been observed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) since its definition, but the behavioral manifestations of …
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Identifying triggers for challenging behavior is difficult in some children with autism because of their limited communication …
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Individuals of African and Caucasian descent show different chemical signatures in their body odors (BO). Does such biological …
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Objective A complex interplay of factors including cognitive, sensory and affective aspects has been associated in a controversial way …
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Morality evolved within specific social contexts that are argued to shape moral choices. In turn, moral choices are hypothesized to be …
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Decisions based on affectively relevant stimuli, such as food items, hardly follow strictly rational rules. Being hungry, the …
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This Viewpoint examines recent developments in the quantitative characterization of fetal movements via kinematical analysis. We …
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Conditions during information encoding and retrieval are known to influence the sensory material stored and its recapitulation. …
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Despite the fact that human body odors can transfer anxiety-related signals, the impact of such signals in real-life situations is …
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Comment on Seeing mental states: An experimental strategy for measuring the observability of other minds by Cristina Becchio et al.
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Many studies have indicated that the chemical cues from body odors (BOs) of donors experiencing negative emotions can influence the …
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Objective To assess olfactory function in children and to create and validate an odor identification test to diagnose olfactory …
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Body odors (BOs) can convey social information. In particular, their effects are maximal when their presence is paired with meaningful …
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The French term terroir refers to the relationship between a particular wine and the specific place where it is produced. To date, no …
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The vast majority of humans are right-handed, but how and when this bias emerges during human ontogenesis is still unclear. We propose …
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Commentary on Keven & Akins Neonatal imitation in context: Sensorimotor development in the perinatal period Keven & Akins …
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Meta-analytic evidence showed that the chemical senses affect moral decisions. However, how odours impact on morality is currently …
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Introduction Moral dilemmas are a common tool in moral decision-making research. However, they are often hardly comparable across …
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Background A fundamental aspect of self-consciousness is body ownership, which refers to the experience that our body and its parts …
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Disorders associated with smell loss are common in adolescents. However, current odor identification tests focus on children from age 6 …
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The ability to detect conspecifics that represent a potential harm for an individual represents a high survival benefit. Humans …
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Recognition of emotional facial expressions is a crucial skill for adaptive behavior that most often occurs in a multi–sensory …
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Odor detection sensitivity can be rapidly altered by fear conditioning; whether this effect is augmented over time is not known.The …
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A commentary on “Olfactory aversive conditioning during sleep reduces cigarette-smoking behavior” by Arzi, A., Holtzman, …
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The goal of the present experiment was twofold identifying similarities and differences between flavour memory and visual memory …
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The performance of patients with vascular parkinsonism (VPD) on a reach-to-grasp task was compared with that of patients affected by …
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Imitation is a key socio-cognitive skill impaired in individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC). It is known that the …
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Observing the actions of others prompts the motor system to perform a similar action. However, visual cues are not the only source of …
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Many reports in the literature indicate that idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (IPD) patients have substantial olfactory …
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Background Autism spectrum disorders comprise a range of neurodevelopmental pathologies characterized, among other symptoms, by …
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Research on multisensory integration during natural tasks has revealed how chemical senses contribute to plan and control movements. An …
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Background Evidence suggests that subliminal odorants influence human perception and behavior. It has been hypothesized that the human …
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To investigate implicit olfactory abilities in a group of anosmic traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients, an olfactomotor priming …
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Previous research on multisensory integration during goal-directed natural actions reported that visual, proprioceptive, auditory and …
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The present study assessed odour threshold, discrimination and identifi cation in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients. We …
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This study used kinematics to investigate the integration between vision and olfaction during grasping movements. Participants were …
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Objective Anxiety disorders are common among youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Both anxiety and ASD are associated with …
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Despite its popularity, the construct of biological motion (BM) and its putative anomalies in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not …
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