Conveners
Olfaction & friends
- Sanne Boesveldt
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Dr Casey Trimmer (Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia PA, USA)10/6/17, 4:00 PMTalkVariation in odor perception is well-documented in the human population. Factors such as ancestry, age, gender, and olfactory receptor (OR) genetics influence perception, but the relative contribution of these factors to the perception of individual odors has only been minimally investigated. We examined the contribution of demographic and genetic factors to 276 different olfactory phenotypes...Go to contribution page
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Dr Marga Veldhuizen (The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine)10/6/17, 4:30 PMTalkIt is well established that there are individual differences in taste intensity perception resulting from genetic variation in taste receptors or other peripheral taste physiology (ref). Less explored, is the possible influence of central mechanisms. The strongest evidence for a central source of variation in gustatory sensitivity comes from a study of the relationship between chemical taste...Go to contribution page
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Prof. Monica Laureati (Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences DeFENS – Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy)10/6/17, 5:00 PMTalkMemory is omnipresent in our life. All actions are regulated and influenced by memory, which constantly provides information necessary to manage and resolve the tasks of everyday life. One of the main functions of food memory is to recall previous experiences associated with food. Therefore, it guides food choice and intake. However, we are often unaware of using our memory. Actually, much of...Go to contribution page