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Overview

Rachel S. Herz is affiliated with Brown University in the United States, focusing on research primarily within the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans a range of subfields including sensory systems, social psychology, biomedical engineering, neurology, and marketing.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas with a particular emphasis on olfactory and sensory function studies. Other main topics include advanced chemical sensor technologies, long-term effects of COVID-19, color perception and design, consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification, consumer retail behavior studies, and biochemical analysis and sensing techniques.

Recent notable publications by Rachel S. Herz include:

  • 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
  • Insights into smell and taste sensitivity in normal weight and overweight-obese adolescents, 2020, Physiology & Behavior
  • Olfactory Virtual Reality: A New Frontier in the Treatment and Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 2021, Brain Sciences
  • Your Money or Your Sense of Smell? A Comparative Analysis of the Sensory and Psychological Value of Olfaction, 2022, Brain Sciences
  • Tracking smell loss to identify healthcare workers with SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2021, PLoS ONE

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jeremy M. Wolfe, Dennis M. Levi, Lori L. Holt, Linda M. Bartoshuk, and Daniel M. Merfeld.

The scientist has published multiple works in venues such as Brain Sciences, Cognitive Research Principles and Implications, Physiology & Behavior, PLoS ONE, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Books authored by Rachel S. Herz include titles published by Oxford University Press and Vernon Press eBooks:

  • Sensation & Perception, Oxford University Press, 2024
  • The Senses and Memory [PDF, E-Book], Vernon Press eBooks, 2025

Best Publications

  • Odor memory: Review and analysis

    Rachel S. Herz;Trygg Engen

  • The hippocampal complex of food-storing birds.

    David F. Sherry;Anthony L. Vaccarino;Karen Buckenham;Rachel S. Herz

  • Aromatherapy Facts and Fictions: A Scientific Analysis of Olfactory Effects on Mood, Physiology and Behavior

    Rachel S. Herz

  • The Influence of Verbal Labeling on the Perception of Odors: Evidence for Olfactory Illusions?:

    Rachel S Herz;Julia von Clef

  • A naturalistic study of autobiographical memories evoked by olfactory and visual cues: testing the Proustian hypothesis.

    Rachel S Herz;Jonathan W Schooler

  • Neuroimaging evidence for the emotional potency of odor-evoked memory

    Rachel S Herz;James Eliassen;Sophia Beland;Timothy Souza

  • The Role of Odor-Evoked Memory in Psychological and Physiological Health.

    Rachel S. Herz

  • The Emotional Distinctiveness of Odor-evoked Memories

    Rachel S. Herz;Gerald C. Cupchik

  • A naturalistic analysis of autobiographical memories triggered by olfactory visual and auditory stimuli.

    Rachel S. Herz

  • Are Odors the Best Cues to Memory? A Cross-Modal Comparison of Associative Memory Stimulia

    Rachel S. Herz

  • Pimozide blocks establishment but not expression of cocaine-produced environment-specific conditioning

    Richard J. Beninger;Rachel S. Herz

  • Differential use of sensory information in sexual behavior as a function of gender.

    Rachel S. Herz;Elizabeth D. Cahill

  • The effect of verbal context on olfactory perception.

    Rachel S. Herz

  • Sex differences in response to physical and social factors involved in human mate selection The importance of smell for women

    Rachel S. Herz;Michael Inzlicht

  • An experimental characterization of odor-evoked memories in humans

    Rachel S. Herz;Gerald C. Cupchik

  • Minimal olfactory perception during sleep: why odor alarms will not work for humans.

    Mary A Carskadon;Rachel S Herz

  • The effects of cue distinctiveness on odor-based context-dependent memory.

    Rachel S. Herz

  • Olfaction, Emotion and Associative Learning: Effects on Motivated Behavior

    Rachel S. Herz;Corrente Schankler;Sophia Beland

  • Ambient odors associated to failure influence cognitive performance in children.

    Gisela Epple;Rachel S. Herz

  • Hemispheric lateralization in the processing of odor pleasantness versus odor names.

    Rachel S. Herz;Catherine McCall;Larry Cahill

  • Influences of odors on mood and affective cognition.

    Rachel S. Herz

Frequent Co-Authors

Akiko Iwasaki
Akiko Iwasaki Yale University
Nathan D. Grubaugh
Nathan D. Grubaugh Yale University
Benoist Schaal
Benoist Schaal University of Burgundy
Michael A. Sayette
Michael A. Sayette University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan W. Schooler
Jonathan W. Schooler University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Inzlicht
Michael Inzlicht University of Toronto
James C. Eliassen
James C. Eliassen University of Cincinnati Medical Center

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