Hedonic perception of odors in children aged 5-8 years is similar across 18 countries: Preliminary data

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111129

. 2022 Jun:157:111129.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111129. Epub 2022 Apr 14.

Hedonic perception of odors in children aged 5-8 years is similar across 18 countries: Preliminary data

A Oleszkiewicz¹, V A Schriever², C Valder³, E Agosin⁴, A Altundag⁵, H Avni⁶, H Cao Van⁷, C Cornejo⁸, G Fishman⁹, M Guarneros¹⁰, N Gupta¹¹, R Kamel¹², A Knaapila¹³, I Konstantinidis¹⁴, B N Landis¹⁵, M Larsson¹⁶, J N Lundström¹⁷, A Macchi¹⁸, F Marino-Sanchez¹⁹, E Mori²⁰, J Mullol²¹, V Parma²², E J Propst²³, M A Sandell²⁴, A Sorokowska²⁵, J Vodicka²⁶, T Hummel²⁷, J Gellrich²⁸

Affiliations

¹ Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: ania.oleszkiewicz@gmail.com.
² Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center for Chronically Sick Children (Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum, SPZ), Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: Valentin.Schriever@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
³ Systema Natura GmbH, Flintbek, Germany. Electronic address: cvalder@systemanatura.de.
⁴ College of Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: agosin@ing.puc.cl.
⁵ Otorhinolaryngology Department of Biruni University Medical Faculty, Acibadem Taksim Hospital Otorhinolaryngology Department, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: aaltundagkbb@yahoo.com.
⁶ Pediatric Feeding Disorders Clinic, Dana Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: drhadasavni@gmail.com.
⁷ Pediatric ENT Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngologie Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: Helene.CaoVan@hcuge.ch.
⁸ Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: cca@uc.cl.
⁹ Pediatric Otolaryngology, Dana Children's Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: gadf@tlvmc.gov.il.
¹⁰ Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. Electronic address: gusprocoro@yahoo.com.
¹¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India. Electronic address: write2drneelima@yahoo.com.
¹² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: rhinology@redakamel.com.
¹³ Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: antti.knaapila@helsinki.fi.
¹⁴ 2nd Otorhinolaryngology Department of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: jordan_orl@hotmail.com.
¹⁵ Rhinology-Olfactology Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngologie Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: bnlandis@yahoo.co.uk.
¹⁶ Gösta Ekman Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: marlar@psychology.su.se.
¹⁷ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: Johan.Lundstrom@ki.se.
¹⁸ ENT Clinic, University of Insubriae Varese, ASST Settelaghi, Italy. Electronic address: studiodottormacchi@virgilio.it.
¹⁹ Unidad de Rinología y Cirugía de Base de Cráneo, Servicio de Otorrinolaringología. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: franklinmarino@gmail.com.
²⁰ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: sekieri0421@gmail.com.
²¹ Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, CIBERES, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: sekieri0421@gmail.com.
²² Temple University, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia, USA; Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, USA. Electronic address: vparma@sissa.it.
²³ Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: evan.propst@sickkids.ca.
²⁴ Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: masaarim@utu.fi.
²⁵ Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: sorokowska@gmail.com.
²⁶ Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic. Electronic address: jan_vodicka@hotmail.com.
²⁷ Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.hummel@tu-dresden.de.
²⁸ Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany; Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: janine.gellrich@gmail.com.

PMID: 35443229
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111129

Hedonic perception of odors in children aged 5-8 years is similar across 18 countries: Preliminary data

A Oleszkiewicz et al. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun:157:111129.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111129. Epub 2022 Apr 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: ania.oleszkiewicz@gmail.com.
² Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center for Chronically Sick Children (Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum, SPZ), Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: Valentin.Schriever@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
³ Systema Natura GmbH, Flintbek, Germany. Electronic address: cvalder@systemanatura.de.
⁴ College of Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: agosin@ing.puc.cl.
⁵ Otorhinolaryngology Department of Biruni University Medical Faculty, Acibadem Taksim Hospital Otorhinolaryngology Department, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: aaltundagkbb@yahoo.com.
⁶ Pediatric Feeding Disorders Clinic, Dana Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: drhadasavni@gmail.com.
⁷ Pediatric ENT Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngologie Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: Helene.CaoVan@hcuge.ch.
⁸ Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: cca@uc.cl.
⁹ Pediatric Otolaryngology, Dana Children's Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: gadf@tlvmc.gov.il.
¹⁰ Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. Electronic address: gusprocoro@yahoo.com.
¹¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India. Electronic address: write2drneelima@yahoo.com.
¹² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: rhinology@redakamel.com.
¹³ Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: antti.knaapila@helsinki.fi.
¹⁴ 2nd Otorhinolaryngology Department of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: jordan_orl@hotmail.com.
¹⁵ Rhinology-Olfactology Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngologie Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: bnlandis@yahoo.co.uk.
¹⁶ Gösta Ekman Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: marlar@psychology.su.se.
¹⁷ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: Johan.Lundstrom@ki.se.
¹⁸ ENT Clinic, University of Insubriae Varese, ASST Settelaghi, Italy. Electronic address: studiodottormacchi@virgilio.it.
¹⁹ Unidad de Rinología y Cirugía de Base de Cráneo, Servicio de Otorrinolaringología. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: franklinmarino@gmail.com.
²⁰ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: sekieri0421@gmail.com.
²¹ Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, CIBERES, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: sekieri0421@gmail.com.
²² Temple University, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia, USA; Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, USA. Electronic address: vparma@sissa.it.
²³ Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: evan.propst@sickkids.ca.
²⁴ Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: masaarim@utu.fi.
²⁵ Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: sorokowska@gmail.com.
²⁶ Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic. Electronic address: jan_vodicka@hotmail.com.
²⁷ Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.hummel@tu-dresden.de.
²⁸ Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany; Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: janine.gellrich@gmail.com.

PMID: 35443229
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111129

Abstract

Objective: Olfactory preference emerges very early in life, and the sense of smell in children rapidly develops until the second decade of life. It is still unclear whether hedonic perception of odors is shared in children inhabiting different regions of the globe.

Methods: Five-hundred ten healthy children (N = 510; n_girls = 256; n_boys = 254) aged from 5 to 8 years from 18 countries rated the pleasantness of 17 odors.

Results: The hedonic perception of odors in children aged between 5 and 8 years was rather consistent across 18 countries and mainly driven by the qualities of an odor and the overall ability of children to label odorants.

Conclusion: Conclusions from this study, being a secondary analysis, are limited to the presented set of odors that were initially selected for the development of U-Sniff test and present null findings for the cross-cultural variability in hedonic perception of odors across 18 countries. These two major issues should be addressed in the future to either contradict or replicate the results presented herewith. This research lays fundament for posing further research questions about the developmental aspects of hedonic perception of odors and opens a new door for investigating cross-cultural differences in chemosensory perception of children.

Keywords: Children; Hedonic perception; Odor identification; Olfaction; Psychophysiology.

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