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Overview

Maria Larsson is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and specializes in research areas primarily within neuroscience and engineering. Their work prominently spans sensory systems, biomedical engineering, and nutrition and dietetics, with additional contributions to cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Olfactory and sensory function studies
  • Advanced chemical sensor technologies
  • Biochemical analysis and sensing techniques
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neurological disease mechanisms and treatments

Maria Larsson has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • i-Perception
  • Chemical Senses
  • Cognitive Science
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers reflecting the scope of their research are:

  • "Consequences of undetected olfactory loss for human chemosensory communication and well-being" (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Olfaction and Aging: A Review of the Current State of Research and Future Directions" (2021), i-Perception
  • "Smell-Based Memory Training: Evidence of Olfactory Learning and Transfer to the Visual Domain" (2020), Chemical Senses
  • "A three-factor benefits framework for understanding consumer preference for scented household products: psychological interactions and implications for future development" (2022), Cognitive Research Principles and Implications
  • "Predictors of Olfactory Decline in Aging: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study" (2020), The Journals of Gerontology Series A

The researcher collaborates regularly with others in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Erika J. Laukka
  • Ingrid Ekström
  • Jonas Olofsson
  • Thomas Hummel
  • Giulia Grande

Best Publications

  • Cognitive factors in odor detection, odor discrimination, and odor identification tasks

    Margareta Hedner;Maria Larsson;Nancy Arnold;Gesualdo M. Zucco

  • Olfactory Functions Are Mediated by Parallel and Hierarchical Processing

    Ivanka Savic;Balazs Gulyas;Maria Larsson;Maria Larsson;Per Roland

  • Neuropsychological functions in anxiety disorders in population-based samples: evidence of episodic memory dysfunction.

    Eija Airaksinen;Maria Larsson;Yvonne Forsell

  • Cognitive functions in depressive disorders: evidence from a population-based study.

    E. Airaksinen;M. Larsson;I. Lundberg;Y. Forsell

  • Smell your way back to childhood: Autobiographical odor memory

    Johan Willander;Maria Larsson

  • Odor Identification Influences of Age, Gender, Cognition, and Personality

    Maria Larsson;Deborah Finkel;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Cognitive functioning in very old age

    Lars Bäckman;Brent J. Small;Åke Wahlin;Maria Larsson

  • Olfaction and emotion: the case of autobiographical memory.

    Johan Willander;Maria Larsson

  • Demographic and cognitive predictors of cued odor identification: evidence from a population-based study.

    Maria Larsson;Lars-Göran Nilsson;Jonas K. Olofsson;Steven Nordin

  • The functional neuroanatomy of odor evoked autobiographical memories cued by odors and words

    Artin Arshamian;Emilia Iannilli;Johannes C. Gerber;Johan Willander;Johan Willander

  • Differential sex effects in olfactory functioning: the role of verbal processing.

    Christina Öberg;Maria Larsson;Lars Bäckman

  • Semantic Factors in Episodic Recognition of Common Odors in Early and Late Adulthood: a Review

    Maria Larsson

  • What people believe about memory

    Svein Magnussen;Jan Andersson;Cesare Cornoldi;Rossana De Beni

  • Autobiographical Odor Memory

    Maria Larsson;Johan Willander

  • Low episodic memory performance as a premorbid marker of depression: Evidence from a 3-year follow-up

    E. Airaksinen;Å. Wahlin;Y. Forsell;M. Larsson

  • Sex differences in recollective experience for olfactory and verbal information.

    Maria Larsson;Martin Lövdén;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • Sensory-specific impairment among older people. An investigation using both sensory thresholds and subjective measures across the five senses

    Annachiara Cavazzana;Anja Röhrborn;Susan Garthus-Niegel;Susan Garthus-Niegel;Maria Larsson

  • Olfactory Impairment and Subjective Olfactory Complaints Independently Predict Conversion to Dementia: A Longitudinal, Population-Based Study

    Ingrid Stanciu;Maria Larsson;Steven Nordin;Rolf Adolfsson

  • Cognitive and social functioning in recovery from depression: results from a population-based three-year follow-up.

    Eija Airaksinen;Åke Wahlin;Maria Larsson;Yvonne Forsell

  • Odor identification in normal aging and early Alzheimer's disease: effects of retrieval support.

    Maria Larsson;Heléne Semb;Bengt Winblad;Kaarina Amberla

  • Odor identification impairment in carriers of ApoE-ɛ4 is independent of clinical dementia

    Jonas K. Olofsson;Jonas K. Olofsson;Jonas K. Olofsson;Steven Nordin;Steven Nordin;Stefan Wiens;Stefan Wiens;Margareta Hedner;Margareta Hedner

  • Same same but different: the case of olfactory imagery.

    Artin Arshamian;Maria Larsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Bäckman
Lars Bäckman Karolinska Institute
Lars-Göran Nilsson
Lars-Göran Nilsson Stockholm University
Mary A. Luszcz
Mary A. Luszcz Flinders University
Steven Nordin
Steven Nordin Umeå University
Åke Wahlin
Åke Wahlin Jönköping University
Deborah Finkel
Deborah Finkel Indiana University
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Svein Magnussen
Svein Magnussen University of Oslo
Jerker Rönnberg
Jerker Rönnberg Linköping University
Elias Eriksson
Elias Eriksson University of Gothenburg

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