New Research Assistant
Billy joins us, working as a research assistant to help with running Thomas Hörberg’s project: ”Building a cross-cultural semantic framework for odor vocabularies.” Billy has a PhD in psychology from Stockholm University, on the neural correlates of consciousness in hearing, using EEG.
New article published
A new paper from the lab has been published in Chemical Senses today. Free odor identification engages domain-general cognitive abilities in old adults, by Thomas Hörberg, Rohan Raj and Jonas Olofsson (et. al.) and investigates odor identification and cognitive aging. Find it here: https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaf049
Two new grants awarded from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
Today Riksbankens Jubileumsfond released accepted applications for their project grants. Both Malina Szychowska’s and Thomas Hörberg’s applications were accepted and will receive funding for the next three years. Malina Szychowska for the project: Sensory competition in spatial memory. Thomas Hörberg for the project: Building a cross-cultural semantic framework for odor vocabularies.
Opinion Piece in Dagens Nyheter
On Sunday, Jonas Olofsson and Håkan Fischer, professors of Psychology at Stockholm University, published an opinion article in the leading Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. They warn about the risks of the one-sided focus on natural sciences, technology and medicine in the Swedish government research strategy. They recommend harnessing insights from psychology, social sciences and humanities […]
Dr Stephen Pierzchajlo successfully defended his thesis
Our now former PhD Candidate Stephen Pierzchajlo successfully defended his dissertation Smelling Without A Smell: How olfactory-perceptual representations are activated by words. Abstract: We spend every day using our senses to interact with the world. Though we use language as a way to understand the sensory world, language might have different roles for different senses. […]
SweCog conference 2025
This week SCI-Lab is attending the SweCog conference (7-9/10) in Lund. https://konferens.ht.lu.se/swecog-2025/. We will contribute 3 oral presentations, 1 poster presentation and 8 lab-members in attendance. We are looking forward to a great couple of days of interesting cognitive research and discussions!
SCI-Lab at Neuroimaging Methods Symposium (NEMES) 2025
The first Neuroimaging Methods Symposium (NEMES) is an event aiming to establish a network of neuroimaging experts across Swedish institutions. SCI-Lab made our presence with Malina Szychowska, William Fredborg and Teodor Jernsäther in attendance. The symposium featured talks from experts, neuroimaging workshops and focused discussions – with the collective aim to address key challenges, means […]
Thomas Hörberg at ECRO 2025
The European Chemoreception Research Organization (ECRO)’s yearly conference was in Bilbao, between the 15th – 18th September. Thomas Hörberg presented Evaluating language models potential for capturing odor-perceptual and odor-semantic information” at the ”AI in the Olfactory Science” symposium. He also presented a poster on Odor naming as a tool for cognitive assessment.
Thomas Hörberg initiates global multilab collaboration on odor vocabularies
Within the scope of the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR), Thomas Hörberg initiates a multilab research collaboration, encompassing over 30 laboratories in five different continents. The aim of the project is to investigate linguistic diversity in odor language and to build a cross-linguistic odor lexicon. Towards this aim, the laboratories involved in the project […]
New article published – testing the ability of language models to capture olfactory information.
In our most recent publication, Representations of smells: The next frontier for language models?, published in Cognition, we tested language models’ ability to capture olfactory-perceptual and olfactory semantic information. We trained three generations of language models, using around 200 training configurations and four different text corpora. We then evaluated these models against three different […]
Marie Low has accepted a PhD position
We congratulates Marie Low, has received and accepted a PhD-position! She will be leaving the lab to join Tina Sundelin’s group (also at Stockholm University) in September 2025. Her phd-project will be about sleep and social behaviour.
New article published – Reveals sensory asymmetry in spatial memory for smells and sounds.
Our new article, Asymmetric cross-sensory interference between spatial memories of sounds and smells revealed in a virtual reality environment was just published in Journal of experimental psychology: Learning, memory, and cognition. We used virtual reality (VR) technology, together with the VR-compatible olfactometer developed in our lab, to study spatial memory for smells and sounds during active […]
Jonas on BBC Start of the Week
Jonas was interviewed about the ”underrated sense of smell” on BBC Start of the Week show, together with literary scholar Ally Louks and interaction researcher Alan Chalmers. Listen to it here: https://www.bbc.com/
Thomas Hörberg teaches at FLAVOURsome in Dresden
Thomas Hörberg taught PhD students and postdocs during the FLAVOURsome Advanced Training School in Dresden on the topic of ”Linguistic analyses of flavor”. At the end of the lecture, the students got to describe the flavors of ten different food items. A flavor space, a similarity matrix of the flavors, wasthen derived from their descriptions. […]
Marie Low does Science Outreach with ”Borrow a researcher” by ForskarFredag
What is it like being a research assistant in cognitive neuroscience? How does your brain remember the locations of smells and sounds? How does your brain help you recognize emotions expressed by other people? Marie Low will be visiting schools on April 8 to tell students about psychology research, as part of the “Borrow a […]
Systematic review on Olfaction and Working memory published in Chemical Senses
A collaboration with Theresa White of Le Moyne College has been published in Chemical Senses. The systematic review A Cognitive Nose? Evaluating Working Memory Benchmarks in the Olfactory Domain sheds light on the operation of Working memory in olfaction and review research spanning the last 50 years. Highlights: 21 proposed WM benchmarks were assessed for their […]
New Article – Similarity judgements suggests widespread ability to imagine odors
A new article from the Lab – Evidence from odor similarity judgments suggests a widespread ability to imagine odors – was just published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. In this study, comparisons of similarity judgments between smelled and imagined odors revealed a strong correlation, suggesting that perceptual imagery of odors […]
Frida Smids leaves the Lab to start PhD programme at KI
Today is Frida’s last day at the SCI-lab! Frida is starting a PhD position at the Karolinska Institute as part of the the Aging Research Center (ARC), with Erika Jonsson Laukka and her research team. Thank you Frida for your great contributions to our work, and good luck in the future!
Our AI odor project gets recognition in ”Dagens industri”
A while ago the Swedish Research Council granted Murathan Kurfali 4.5 million for the project ”Doftande AI? Integrering av lukt i stora språkmodeller” – Smelling AI? Integration of smell in Large Language Models! Dagens industri picked this up and has published an interview with Murathan and Jonas. Read it here: https://www.di.se/nyheter/ (in Swedish).
Article in The Guardian
Jonas wrote a piece for The Guardian’s ”The Big Idea” section about the importance of smell. From the article: Smell has an outsize effect on our thoughts and moods, so it’s worth paying more attention to it Find it at the Guardian here: Looking for a better life? Follow you nose
The Forgotten Sense – English release Today!
The Forgotten Sense is a research journey through the uncharted territory of human olfaction – smell. After having been dismissed by scientists and philosophers for centuries, the human sense of smell was rarely fully recognized for its sensitivity or importance for human well-being and psychology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of us lost the smell […]
New study from the Lab reveals olfactory brain networks
In a new study, published in Human Brain Mapping, SCI-lab members Georgios Menelaou and Jonas Olofsson teamed up with researchers from Harvard University, Northwestern University and Karolinska Institute to understand how the smell brain regions are connected to deeper brain networks – the so-called Default-Mode Network (DMN) – which is thought to be responsible for […]
Marta Zakrzewska wins national Junior Researcher award
The National committee for Psychology awards the best dissertation from all newly defended psychology dissertations in Sweden. This year, Marta Zakrzewska won with the dissertation ”Olfaction and prejudice: The role of body odor disgust sensitivity and disease avoidance in understanding social attitudes”. She did her PhD at the SCI-Lab with Jonas Olofsson as her main […]
Murathan Kurfali receives Swedish Research Council grant
Murathan Kurfali has received 4.5 million sek, for the project ”Doftande AI? Integrering av lukt i stora språkmodeller” – Smelling AI? Integration of smell in Large Language Models! Congratulations!
New publication about the language of Wine, Food and Perfume
Another study from the lab is published in Food Quality & Preference! On the basis of natural language in product reviews, this study compares and maps the semantic spaces of the chemosensory vocabularies of the wine, perfume and food product domains. Thomas Hörberg and Murathan Kurfali have spearheaded this study. Find it here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105357
A Rose by Another Name? – New publication from the Lab
A new article from the Lab has been published in Cognitive Science! The article’s full title is ”A Rose by Another Name? Odor Misnaming is Associated with Linguistic Properties” and is about the work lead by Thomas Hörberg and Murathan Kurfali. Abstract: Naming common odors is a surprisingly difficult task: Odors are frequently misnamed. Little […]
SCI-LAB contributed at ISOT 2024
The SCI-Lab recently participated in the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT) in Reykjavik, June 22-26. Jonas Olofsson and William Fredborg delivered oral presentations in the symposium ”Working Memory in the Chemical Senses”. Meanwhile, Nira Cedres, Malina Szychowska, and Samet Albayrak presented their posters, receiving much positive feedback. We were proud to share our […]
Thank you Arianna and Francesca!
During the spring, we have had two guest interns from Università ”Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro. Arianna Spatafora and Francesca Vozzo have been assisting us in our research projects and data collection – we wouldn´t have made it without them! We wish them the best and great fortune in whatever they do next!
SCI-lab goes to the ISOT conference in Reykavik
The SCI-Lab is attending the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT) in Reykavik, Iceland, on June 22-26. Five members are representing the lab. Jonas Olofsson and William Fredborg will have oral presentations in the “Working memory in the chemical senses” session, and Nira Cedres, Malina Szychowska and Samet Albayrak will have poster presentations. We […]
Lab visit from South African Universities
Sci-Lab is part of the Perception & Psykophysics division of Stockholm university’s Psychology Department. As part of a visit to the University dignitaries from South African Universities visited our Division to see and try-out our lab resources. We had a fun time demonstrating our ”toys” and we hope they had a fun time too! […]
New SCI-LAB article early release in JNeuroSci
Our article Olfactory categorization is shaped by a transmodal cortical network for evaluating perceptual predictions has been early released in JNeuroSci! Abstract: Creating and evaluating predictions are considered important features in sensory perception. Little is known about processing differences between the senses and their cortical substrates. Here, we tested the hypothesis that olfaction, the sense […]
Dr Petter Kallioinen!
Petter Kallioinen successfully defended his phD thesis today! The defense was in Lund, were Petter has been phD-student and on Zoom. Petter has been part of our Lab in the capacity of phD-student for some time, as Jonas Olofsson has been his co-supervisor. find his thesis here!
Anandi Hattiangadi
Anandi Hattiangadi, professor of Philosophy of Mind and Language, came and gave a great talk on LLM AI titled ”Why large language models don’t understand natural language”.
Guest researcher Samet Albayrak joins the Lab.
Samet Albayrak is a Turkish PHD-student, who visits SCI-LAB for a year. Here they will bring gustation research to us and do a multisensory perception project, which consider olfaction’s and vision’s interaction on taste and flavour integration!
Malina Szychowska receives Research Project Grant from the Swedish Research Council
Malina Szychowska, one of our postdocs in SCI-LAB, have received the news that her application ”Att navigera i det sensoriska landskapet: Hur våra sinnen formar rumsliga minnen” (”Navigating the Sensory Landscape: How Our Senses Shape Spatial Memories”) has been accepted! The grant is for three years and for a total of 5,054,000 sek and will […]
Simon Niedenthal, Malmö university visits and presents his talk from his Professor promotion
Professor Simon Niedenthal was recently promoted to Professor of Interaction Design. He is a long time collaborator with our Lab and together we have developed much of our smell training and testing equipment. In his presentation, Simon spoke about the current and past state of olfaction in interactive entertainment, such as movies and games, and […]
Murathan’s presents at ECRO symposium
Murathan Kurfali held a presentation titled Investigating the relation between Semantic Space and Olfactory Perceptions using Language Models. He was choosen to be part of the Young Investigators symposium. ”In this presentation, Murathan explored how various language models, including ChatGPT, capture olfactory-semantic relationships. Findings reveal that large language models like ChatGPT tend to resemble human […]
Jonas Olofsson releases a new book – ”Det underskattade sinnet”!
The book is in Swedish, the title translated is ”The underrated sense – About man’s unknown ability to perceive smells”. It popularizes our understanding of, and the remarkable aspects, of the human sense of smell. Link to Publisher: https://www.nok.se/ From the release of ”Det underskattade sinnet”
SCI-LAB had its annual Retreat and Lab workshop
Every year SCI-LAB take a retreat to plan and workshop the Lab’s progress. Previous retreats have focused on developing different skills and the Lab’s progress towards its targeets. This year marked five years since the SCI-LAB was formed, and we focused on evaluating the Lab’s achievements during this time and to formulate new targets for […]
Murathan Karfali explained chatGPT and AI at the Psychology department´s conference!
The Department of Psychology at Stockholm University had a two-day conference where AI was one of the themes. Murathan introduced the AI seminar with his talk on What is ChatGPT!
Jonas Olofsson keynote speaker at Pangborn conference
Jonas Olofsson was invited as keynote speaker to the annual Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium. The title of his keynote was Using language to understand the sense of smell.
Marta Zakrzewska awarded best PhD thesis award!
Marta Zakrzewska, who defended her PhD thesis last year, was selected for the best PhD thesis award at the Department of Psychology. Marta is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Karolinska Institute and the lab of professor Mats J. Olsson. Congratulations Marta!
SCI-lab hosts the Olfactus conference at Stockholm University
The Olfactus 2023 conference was hosted by the SCI-lab and our colleagues at the Gösta Ekman Laboratory. In this intensive 1-day conference, 43 participants attended. There were 17 talks, mostly by junior researchers and students, on a wide variety of chemical senses research topics. Some pictures from the event are available on the Gösta Ekman […]
Jonas Olofsson awarded AChemS Young Investigator Award!
The PI of the SCI-lab, Jonas Olofsson was awarded the AChemS Young Investigator Award for Research in Olfaction or Nasal Chemoreception by the Association for Chemoreception Sciences! The award is given to “an outstanding junior scientist whose research record should provide evidence of excellence and contributions that have had or are likely to have a major […]
New article: Odor identification errors reveal cognitive aspects of age-associated smell loss
New SCI-Lab paper! Rohan Rajs work explains odor identification results with help from language models and human estimations. This work, which was recently published in Cognition, might help developing better odor assessments to detect early stage dementia. Find ”Odor identification errors reveal cognitive aspects of age-associated smell loss” here.
New article: Body odour disgust sensitivity is associated with xenophobia: evidence from nine countries across five continents
Marta Zakrzewska, who recently graduated as a PhD from the lab and is now a postdoc at Karolinska Institute, found that body odor disgust sensitivity is associated with xenophobia across the world. This pre-registered research was recently published in Royal Society Open Science. Find ”Body odour disgust sensitivity is associated with xenophobia: evidence from nine […]
Jonas will be a keynote speaker at the Pangborn Sensory Symposium this year
Jonas Olofsson has been invited as a keynote speaker at the Pangborn Sensory Symposium in Nantes, France (August 20-24). Pangborn is an academic conference focusing on sensory science and consumer science (www.pangbornsymposium.com). #Pangborn2023
Nira Cedres, from our Lab, had her paper highlighted as ”editor´s choice” in the Journals of Gerontology
”Nira Cedres’ paper; Subjective Impairments in Olfaction and Cognition Predict Dissociated Behavioral Outcomes, was highlighted as editor’s choice in the Journals of Gerontology” (link to paper)! The study aimed to investigate the relationship and co-occurrence of self-rated subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and subjective olfactory impairment (SOI) and the results suggest that SOI and SCD occur […]
Documentary on Smell and biographical memory
We were visited by documentary filmmaker Cosima Dannoritzer, as part of the production of her new project involving smell and memory. Maria Larsson, head of Perception and Psychophysics, were interviewed for the documentary and SCI-LAB made its contribution to the segment. We hope you willl enjoy the documentary when it is released some time this […]
Media interest for our VR compatible olfactometer
Our recently published paper on our inhouse developed handheld olfactometer for use with VR has gained interest from several Swedish media sources. We have been featured on Swedish TV, newspaper and Radio. Below you can find links to our appearances (Swedish): SVT, Swedish public television: svt.se and svt.se TV4 news: tv4play.se P3 spel, Swedish public […]
New publication! We have published our handheld olfactometer for use in VR.
We have an article out in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies on our inhouse developed VR-compatible olfactometer (smell presenter). This device allows for easier and robust odor presentation in VR-based environments. It can be used for research, smell training, wine tasting and gaming, as it allows intractions with odor-objects ingame. Link to the article: […]
New article on age-related smell changes published
In our new SCI-LAB study, published in Neuropsychologia, Georgios Menelaou found that age-related smell changes are associated with changes in parts of the hippocampus brain region – supporting the notion that smell is a window into the aging brain: https://www.sciencedirect.com
Marta successfully defends her PhD thesis
Marta Zakrzewska defended har PhD thesis Olfaction and Prejudice: The role of body odor disgust sensitivity and disease avoidance in understanding social attitudes today with flying colors! Her aim was to investigate the connection between olfaction, odor disgust, and social attitudes from the perspective of disease avoidance. You can find the thesis here.
Marta Zakrzewska nailed her PhD thesis to the wall of the Psychology department
On Thursday, June 2, Marta Zakrzewska nailed her PhD thesis to the wall of the Psychology department; a long-standing tradition that symbolizes that the thesis is finalized and publicly available. Martas public defense is planned for August 25 at Stockholm University. Information about the defense seminar, and the thesis, can be found here: https://www.su.se/department-of-psychology/calendar/dissertation-olfaction-and-prejudice-1.614672
New COVID paper in PNAS
During the pandemic, Jonas and Teodor participated in a large-scale collaboration to study how to communicate effectively about ”social distancing”. This paper, which includes data from 89 countries and over 25k participants, is now published in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2111091119
Arrivederci to our Erasmus students
This spring, we had the pleasure of hosting Maria Laura Gidari and Sharon Cannataro, students at the University of Catanzaro in Italy, who visited us via the Erasmus program. Maria Laura and Sharon learned about and participated in smell testing in the SCI-Lab. Good luck with your future studies and arrivederci!
Lab visit from the Ambassador for Japan!
The Ambassador for Japan in Sweden, Noke Masaki, visited Stockholm University, and was given a tour of the olfactory laboratory and the other sensory laboratories at the Psychology Department.
Welcome new lab members!
We welcome our new lab members, Malina Szychowska (postdoc), Mikaela Pal and Martin Sundgren (research assistants). More information about our new members can be found on the ”People” page.
Thank you Sandra and Georgios!
Two of our talented research assistants, Sandra Challma and Georgios Menelaou, is moving on to new research jobs after spending the last two years in the SCI-lab. Thank you for your contributions to the team!
Highlighted research from Lab member Nira
The work on the Interplay between gray and white matter neurodegeneration in Subjetive cognitive decline, published by our Postdoc Nira Cedres last year, has been highlighted during the Subjective Cognitive Decline Professional Interest Area (PIA) Year in Review 2021 seminar from the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART). Follow the […]
Qian Janice Wang visited the Lab and presented her projects
This week we had a visit from Dr Qian Janice Wang! We got to show her the interactive projects we are working on and she demonstrated some of hers. Turns out we are working on some very similar things! She also presented her work on multisensory perception, with interesting parallels with her expertise in wine […]
Demonstration of our Smell training game at the Museum of Technology in Stockholm
This year’s autumn-break from school was designated ”research break” and the Museum of Technology invited researchers from different fields to present and demonstrate their research. We attended and demonstrated our Smell training game called Exerscent. The kids, adults and staff took to Exerscent excitedly!
Jonas Olofsson elected member of the Academia Europaea
Jonas Olofsson has been elected to the Academia Europaea, an academy with the purpose of forwarding excellence in research and education in Europe. Jonas will join the class ”The Human Mind and its Complexity”. Jonas Olofsson invald i academia europaea (Swedish)
Nira Cedres has published an article on subjective memory complaints
Our postDoc Nira Cedres has published an article on subjective memory complaints in Aging – Congratulations! The article and abstract can be found here: www.aging-us.com.
Report from ECRO 2021
The SCI-lab attended the European Chemoreception Research Organization 2021 meeting in Cascais, Portugal. The scientific content included several high-quality symposia, as well as a keynote lecture by Nobel prize laureate Linda Buck. Our team included 12 members, and we presented ongoing work in 9 posters and one oral presentation. Before the ECRO meeting started, we […]
Jonas Olofsson gästar Nobel Prize Museums podcast (Swedish)
Jonas Olofsson visits episode 19 of the Nobel Prize Museums podcast to discuss how the sense of smell works. And why some infectious disease (such as COVID-19) can impact the olfactory system and how smell loss may affect us. Lyssna här (Swedish).
New Lab-member! Welcome Nira!
We welcome Nira Cedres to the lab as a postDoc! Nira is a researcher at Stockholm University Department of Psychology and she is affiliated at Karolinska Institute Division of Clinical Geriatrics. She has a PhD in psychology and the main focus of her research has long been on cognition and MRI neuroimaging.
[Found] Computational neuroscientist wanted!
We are looking for a Research Assistant to work on the computational aspects of memory and olfaction. You will build computational network models of the observed olfactory perceptual as well as memory phenomena. More information about the position and how to apply can be found here!
Jonas Olofsson has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the Swedish Research Council
The grant will fund the SCI-LAB for the coming 6 years. The research project is called ”What can the sense of smell teach us about higher brain functions?” and involves cognitive training with smells and other sensory materials, as well as brain imaging measurements. The research will have a focus on aging. More information is […]
Jonas Olofsson elected member of the Swedish National Committee for Psychological Sciences
Jonas Olofsson, Principal Investigator of SCI-lab, was recently elected member The Swedish National Committee for Psychological Sciences, one of the scientific committees appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and associated with the International Council for Science. The aim of the Swedish National Committee for Psychological Sciences is to promote research, training, and development […]
Update from SCI-LAB regarding COVID-19
We take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously and we have changed our procedures and our operation to secure both our and our guest’s safety. A statement can be found here. We have joined a global consortium of investigators (GCCR) to study COVID-19’s (and other respiratory illnesses) effect on the senses of smell and taste. You can […]
New preprint! Odor effects on face perception
In a new review, Elmeri Syrjänen and colleagues have summarized and integrated 25 years of research on how valenced odors affect perception of faces. The preprint can be accessed here: https://psyarxiv.com/8jdu9/
New preprint! Olfaction and aging review
Jonas Olofsson and colleagues have written a synthesis of how aging affects olfactory abilities. The preprint provides a state of the art review of current research and future directions, and can be accessed here: https://psyarxiv.com/n7av3/
New website on Smell Training and loss of smell due to COVID-19
We have in collaboration with our friends and colleagues at the Perceptual Neuroscience Lab (Karolinska Institutet) developed a new website with information about smell-loss associated with COVID-19 and with smell training to relieve smell loss. Here, you can find the current understanding of how the coronavirus affect the sense and perception of smells. You […]
Lab retreat 2020
SCI-LAB usually goes on a retreat in the beginning of fall every year. This year we went to Vaxholm in Stockholm archipelago. We enjoyed the view; the food and we had stimulating workshops to motivate us for the coming year! This year we worked on our writing, and the process of how to write. We […]
New researcher, Robert Lindroos!
We welcome our new Lab-member Robert Lindroos! He will be working with us on building abstract models of how the sense of smell connects to different forms of memory structures using neuromodulations.
Congratulations Elmeri on defending your phD-thesis!
Today Elmeri successfully defended his phD-thesis: The effects of valenced odor on facial perception. Several years of hard work has now come to fruition and we congratulate Elmeri on becoming Doktor Elmeri Syrjänen!
New Paper
You can find Thomas Hörberg’s new paper, published in Cerebral Cortex, here: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa050 A press release can be found here: https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/su/latest_news
Update from SCI-LAB regarding the COVID-19 pandemic
The ongoing pandemic has impacted our work and our lives in general. Since March 12, when the severe effects of COVID-19 became clear, we have been working remotely. While the situation is still unfolding in Sweden, daily life is already transformed for a majority of its inhabitants. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Predictive Coding Talk
Our lab hosts biweekly talks where our members share data and discuss topics and papers relevant to their work. This week Georgios gave a talk related to visual predictive coding.
Forthcoming Publications
Both Marta and Thomas have had their latest papers accepted for publication! Marta will be publishing a study titled ”An overprotective nose? Implicit bias is positively related to individual differences in body odor disgust sensitivity” in Frontiers In Psychology. Thomas’ paper is titled ”Olfactory influences on visual categorization: Behavioral and ERP evidence” and will appear in […]
New Research Assistants
We are happy to announce we have recruited 4 new members to the team: Teodor Jernsäther-Ohlsson, Sandra Challma, Georgios Menelaou , and William Fredborg.
[Found] Research assistants wanted!
We are looking for three research assistants to help us figure out how the sense of smell interacts with memory, language and emotion. We are seeking dedicated candidates with a strong interest in psychology and neuroscience and who are excited to be part of our research team. More information about the positions and the application […]
SCI-LAB at ECRO 2019
SCI-LAB spent the week in Trieste for the annual ECRO conference. Our days has been full of sunshine, good food and interesting chemosensory reserach. We presented our research at two symposiums and with several poster presentations. Thomas Hörberg, our postdoc, won the price for best poster for The semantic organization of the English odor vocabulary! […]
