Talk:Olfactory fatigue

Merge
Merely a suggestion, this article is a little short to exist by itself unless the author is planning to expand it, perhaps it could be made into a subsection of the Anosmia article?SGGH 11:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Well ... it might work, but it is a somewhat different topic. Anosmia appears to be (I'm not an MD) the permanent loss of smell where this article is on the normal, temporary loss of sensitivity to a very specific odor. 129.237.114.171 21:22, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I disagree. These are two different topics and should stay separated.

Reference is about odor and physical fatigue not olfactory fatigue
Saito N, Yamano E, Ishii A, Tanaka M, Nakamura J, Watanabe Y (2018-03-29). Roman G (ed.). "Involvement of the olfactory system in the induction of anti-fatigue effects by odorants". PLOS One. 13(3): e0195263. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195263. PMC 5875884. PMID 29596487.

If one reviews this reference, it discusses physical fatigue and not olfactory fatigue. The sections referring to it should be closely reviewed to determine their validity.

JSR (talk) 14:03, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Coffee "pro" claims unsubstantiated
The following source is listed in the section on coffee

'''Secundo L, Sobel N (June 2006). "The influence of smelling coffee on olfactory habituation". Chemical Senses. 31 (5): A52.'''

This source is given as the "pro" side in a characterization of the coffee smell debate as having evidence for and against. As shown https://academic.oup.com/chemse/issue/31/5?browseBy=volume, the Chemical Senses journal issue 5 of volume 31 contains no such article. A search of Crossref did not show any evidence of an article carrying that name. Thus, this section's characterization is unsubstantiated.

Until other evidence is brought forth showing a "pro" side, I have rephrased the section to only mention the one confirmed source. I have also renamed the section to "Mitigating scent's effects on olfactory fatigue", as the sole remaining source mentions only the mitigating effects of coffee, air and lemon slices - in particular, that coffee worked no better than the lemon or the air. Spintendo 04:18, 15 June 2021 (UTC)