Psychology of olfaction 2500-PL-PS-FO2-06

Psychology of olfaction

The seminar is devoted to an overview of chosen data concerning human olfactory functions. A special interest is put on the characteristic of olfactory memory in healthy people and in different kinds of pathology. Practical usage of odors in various domains are also analyzed.

1. Importance of olfaction in animals and men
2. Typologies of odors; odors and emotions
3. Physiology of olfaction
4. Methods for studying olfactory functions
5. Olfactory memory
6. Developmental and individual differences in olfaction
7. Odors as memory cues (the Proust effect)
8. Perfumes
9. Aromatherapy – facts and myths
10. Odors in marketing
11. Pathologies of olfactory functions
12. Pheromones in animals and in men

Main fields of studies for MISMaP

psychology

Type of course

elective courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

(in Polish) Kryteria naboru - w 1. serii wyłącznie rok IV i V - od 2. serii rok II-V

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