Conducted in
term:
2023L
Erasmus code: 14.4
ISCED code: 0313
ECTS credits:
3
Language:
Polish
Organized by:
Faculty of Psychology
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