Michał Pieniak
@mpieniak.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the Institute of Psychology, Uni of Wrocław | Studying human sense of smell
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
No changes were observed in the control group, who underwent odorless training. Overall, our results suggest that in healthy individuals, smell training can influence cortical processing of odors, but the effects are likely odor-specific.
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
No changes were observed in the control group, who underwent odorless training. Overall, our results suggest that in healthy individuals, smell training can influence cortical processing of odors, but the effects are likely odor-specific.
We investigated how 12 weeks of smell training affect cortical responses to odors in healthy adults using EEG. Participants who completed the training showed faster cortical responses to the odor they trained with, but not to untrained odor.
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We investigated how 12 weeks of smell training affect cortical responses to odors in healthy adults using EEG. Participants who completed the training showed faster cortical responses to the odor they trained with, but not to untrained odor.
Additionally, we retested a few participants 1.5 years after the training completion. We found that 9 out of 10 participants became specifically anosmic again, what shows that in the case of specific anosmia, the smell training effects are only transient.
September 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Additionally, we retested a few participants 1.5 years after the training completion. We found that 9 out of 10 participants became specifically anosmic again, what shows that in the case of specific anosmia, the smell training effects are only transient.
We found that after two months of a systematic smell training, most of the participants gained sensitivity to odors they were unable to detect at baseline.
September 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We found that after two months of a systematic smell training, most of the participants gained sensitivity to odors they were unable to detect at baseline.