Table 1.
Odor pair | Task (i) PD | Rank | Task (ii) PD | Rank | Task (iii) PD | Rank | Task (iv) PD | Rank | Median rank |
AM versus BA | 0.279 | 10 | 0.171 | 10 | 0.389 | 8 | 0.225 | 4 | 9 |
BA versus HA | 0.254 | 9 | 0.148 | 9 | 0.545 | 10 | 0.261 | 7 | 9 |
1-OCT versus BA | 0.244 | 8 | 0.132a | 6 | 0.417 | 9 | 0.240 | 5 | 7 |
3-OCT versus HA | 0.227 | 5 | 0.144 | 8 | 0.327 | 5 | 0.263 | 8 | 6.5 |
1-OCT versus AM | 0.196 | 3 | 0.132b | 5 | 0.359 | 7 | 0.280 | 10 | 6 |
1-OCT versus HA | 0.215 | 4 | 0.143 | 7 | 0.355 | 6 | 0.222 | 3 | 5 |
AM versus 3-OCT | 0.233 | 6 | 0.102 | 2 | 0.263 | 3 | 0.264 | 9 | 4.5 |
1-OCT versus 3-OCT | 0.240 | 7 | 0.120 | 4 | 0.272 | 4 | 0.221 | 2 | 4 |
AM versus HA | 0.151 | 1 | 0.116 | 3 | 0.215 | 2 | 0.246 | 6 | 2.5 |
3-OCT versus BA | 0.188 | 2 | 0.027 | 1 | 0.146 | 1 | 0.139 | 1 | 1 |
For each of the 4 tasks, we assign the indicated odor pair a rank based on perceived distance (PD) (arrows in Figures 3–6); the right-most column presents the median of the obtained ranks for the respective odor pair.
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