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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Volume 55, Issue 5, Pages P304-P310Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/55.5.P304
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG004563, R03AG015211, R01AG010175] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIA NIH HHS [AG04563, AG15211, AG10175] Funding Source: Medline
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The aim of this study was to examine the influences of age, gender, cognitive abilities, and personality styles on odor identification. Participants (N = 532) aged 45-87 years from the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging were assessed with a Swedish version of the National Geographic Smell Survey. Both detection and identification of olfactory information were impaired with age. Gender had no effect on detection or identification. Hierarchical regressions revealed that proficiency in semantic memory, intensity perception, and personality style (i.e., neuroticism, impulsivity, and lack of assertiveness) were potent predictors for successful odor identification, even when individual variations in chronological age, sex, education, and global cognitive functioning were taken into account.
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