Early-blind Individuals Show Impaired Performance in Wine Odor Categorization

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TitreEarly-blind Individuals Show Impaired Performance in Wine Odor Categorization
Type de publicationJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuteursManescu S, Poupon D, Ballester J, Abdi H, Valentin D, Lepore F, Frasnelli J
JournalNEUROSCIENCE
Volume390
Pagination79-87
Date PublishedOCT 15
Type of ArticleArticle
ISSN0306-4522
Mots-clésBlindness, Early-blind, Odor categorization, Odor perception, olfaction, Wine odors
Résumé

{Blind individuals display superior sensory abilities in other modalities, yet results remain contradictory regarding their performance on olfactory tasks. Using complex ecological olfactory tasks, we evaluated the impact of blindness on olfactory performance. We tested 12 early-blind individuals (M = 49

DOI10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.08.012