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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

A Multi-Sensory Proust Effect: Odor-Taste Evokes Higher Emotionality Ratings Than Visual-Odor or Visual-Taste

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Cognitive Psychology

  • Xinyu Hu
    Davidson College
  • Kristi Multhaup
    Davidson College

Abstract

This study addressed the effectiveness of taste, in addition to odor, as an autobiographical memory cue. Ninety-two individuals recalled and evaluated memories in response to either odor-taste, visual-odor, or visual-taste cues of 16 food items. While the retrieved events were similar across groups, odor-taste cues produced greater emotionality at recollection.

Memory