Olfactory identification ability and the prevalence of olfactory hallucinations were examined in 183 hospitalized patients from three diagnostic groups. One hundred and thirty-one patients with schizophrenia, 21 patients with major depression, 31 women with eating disorders along with 77 normal control subjects were examined using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT)...

To ascertain the generality of a sex difference noted in odor identification ability, the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) was administered to four groups of subjects: Black Americans (n = 438), White Americans (n = 1559), Korean Americans (n = 106), and Native Japanese (n = 308). The women of all four groups outperformed the men to the same relative degree. The Kore...

Despite the well-documented observation of odor identification deficits in schizophrenia, less is known about where the disruption in the process of correctly identifying an odor occurs. This study aimed to determine the potential moderating effects of semantic processing on the observed olfactory dysfunction in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia patients and healthy comparison subjects completed two...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of, and explore potential risk factors for, taste and smell dysfunction in the general population of the USA. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING A cross-sectional analysis of data collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2013-2014). PARTICIPANTS A total of 3519 men and women aged 40 years and older who participate...

Many victims of The Great East Japan Earthquake lost many precious mementos. Such loses can result in more time being required to recover emotionally and mentally. This paper proposes an effective reminder management system using smell. The system focuses on fond memory recollection. Preliminary experiments using a device that produces smell showed that it was effective to help recall fond memo...

Taste and smell alterations have been recognized as common symptoms in relation to various cancers. However, previous research suggests that patients do not receive sufficient support in managing taste and smell alterations. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate how persons with experience from lung cancer-related taste and smell alterations reason about resources and strateg...

The diversity of pollinating insects is used as conservation management. Pollen gametophyte from male which can give characteristics to its offspring. pollen carried by bees be an identification feed favored bees. This study aims identity derived the legs stingless based on color morphological pollen. methods include collected bees, extraction, acetolysis, and identification. with same species ...