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David G. Laing is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their recent research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields incorporating sensory systems, biomedical engineering, nutrition and dietetics, emergency medical services, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in their work involve olfactory and sensory function studies, advanced chemical sensor technologies, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, global health workforce issues, cultural competency in health care, and global health and surgery.

Among the recent papers authored by David G. Laing are:

  • Chemosensory Loss during a Traumatic Brain Injury Suggests a Central Pathway for the Rehabilitation of Anosmia (2021), published in Chemical Senses
  • The challenges and needs of international nurses who are assimilating to healthcare systems in the United Kingdom: Experience from the field (2024), published in International Nursing Review

Frequent coauthors in their research include Adrienne Epps, Anthony L Jinks, and Analisa Smythe. Their work has appeared predominantly in the journals Chemical Senses and International Nursing Review.

Best Publications

  • The capacity of humans to identify odors in mixtures

    David G. Laing;G. W. Francis

  • Infants' Consumption of a New Food Enhances Acceptance of Similar Foods

    Leann L. Birch;Lisa Gunder;Karen Grimm-Thomas;David G. Laing

  • Natural Sniffing Gives Optimum Odour Perception for Humans

    David G Laing

  • Quality and intensity of binary odor mixtures

    D.G. Laing;H. Panhuber;M.E. Willcox;E.A. Pittman

  • Influence of training and experience on the perception of multicomponent odor mixtures.

    Andrew Livermore;David G. Laing

  • The analysis of odor mixtures by humans : evidence for a configurational process

    Anthony L Jinks;David G. Laing

  • The human sense of smell

    David G. Laing;Richard L. Doty;Winrich Breipohl

  • Odour mixture suppression: evidence for a peripheral mechanism in human and rat.

    Graham A. Bell;David G. Laing;Helmut Panhuber

  • A limit in the processing of components in odour mixtures.

    Anthony Jinks;David G Laing

  • Rapid quantitative assessment of fungiform papillae density in the human tongue.

    Maryam Shahbake;Ian Hutchinson;David G. Laing;David G. Laing;Anthony L. Jinks

  • A Comparison of the Ability of 8–9-Year-Old Children and Adults to Detect Taste Stimuli

    Catherine E. James;David G. Laing;Nicholas Oram

  • The influence of odor type on the discrimination and identification of odorants in multicomponent odor mixtures.

    Andrew Livermore;D.G. Laing

  • A quantitative study of fungiform papillae and taste pore density in adults and children.

    Carolina Segovia;Ian Hutchinson;David G Laing;Anthony L Jinks

  • Relationship between molecular structure, concentration and odor qualities of oxygenated aliphatic molecules.

    David G. Laing;Prem Legha;Anthony L Jinks;Ian Hutchinson

  • The influence of chemical complexity on the perception of multicomponent odor mixtures.

    Andrew Livermore;David G. Laing

  • Perception of components in binary odour mixtures

    D.G. Laing;M.E. Willcox

  • Selective attention and the perceptual analysis of odor mixtures.

    D.G. Laing;A. Glemarec

  • Olfactory function in children assessed with psychophysical and electrophysiological techniques.

    Thomas Hummel;Moustafa Bensafi;Julia Nikolaus;Michael Knecht

  • Flavour perception mechanisms

    David G. Laing;Anthony Jinks

  • Perceptual characteristics of binary, trinary, and quaternary odor mixtures consisting of unpleasant constituents

    David G. Laing;Andrew Eddy;D. John Best

Frequent Co-Authors

Burton M. Slotnick
Burton M. Slotnick American University
Alan Mackay-Sim
Alan Mackay-Sim Griffith University
Thomas Hummel
Thomas Hummel TU Dresden
Richard L. Doty
Richard L. Doty University of Pennsylvania
John F. Prescott
John F. Prescott University of Guelph
Benoist Schaal
Benoist Schaal University of Burgundy
Claire E. Wakefield
Claire E. Wakefield University of New South Wales
Steven Nordin
Steven Nordin Umeå University
Garth A. Nicholson
Garth A. Nicholson University of Sydney
Hely Tuorila
Hely Tuorila University of Helsinki

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