Developmental Changes in Adolescents' Olfactory Performance and Significance of Olfaction

Anna Oleszkiewicz, Ute Walliczek-Dworschak, Paula Klötze, Friederike Gerber, Ilona Croy and Thomas Hummel

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: Aim of the current work was to examine developmental changes in adolescents’ olfactory performance and personal significance of olfaction. In the first study olfactory identification abilities of 76 participants (31 males and 45 females aged between 10 and 18 years; M = 13.8, SD = 2.3) was evaluated with the Sniffin Stick identification test, presented in a cued and in an uncued manner. Verbal fluency was additionally examined for control purpose. In the second study 131 participants (46 males and 85 females aged between 10 and 18 years; (M = 14.4, SD = 2.2) filled in the importance of olfaction questionnaire. Odor identification abilities increased significantly with age and were significantly higher in girls as compared to boys. These effects were especially pronounced in the uncued task and partly related to verbal fluency. In line, the personal significance of olfaction increased with age and was generally higher among female compared to male participants.

Date: 2016
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