Paul Wise

Assistant Member

Education

Ph.D., Psychology; University of California, San Diego

Research Summary

Chemical irritation constitutes a continuing focus. In particular, I am interested in how nasal irritation changes over time in the face of steady stimulation, and how one may trade time and concentration to maintain a constant level of detectability to understand how the sensory system integrates over time. Other interests include perception of carbonation, and chemical stimuli as triggers of cough. Within the area of olfaction, my primary interest is mixture interactions in odor detection. An additional interest that cuts across sensory modalities is in methods to measure sensory thresholds.

Keywords

psychophysics, olfaction, chemesthesis, trigeminal, odor mixtures, dynamics, human perception

Recent Publications

Miyazawa, T., Gallagher, M., Preti, G., & Wise, P. M. (2008, electronic publication). Synergistic mixture interactions in detection of perithreshold odors by humans. Chemical Senses.

Miyazawa, T., Gallagher, M., Preti, G., & Wise, P. M. (2008). The impact of sub-threshold carboxylic acids on the odor intesity of supra-threshold flavor compounds. Chemosensory Perception, 1, 163-167.

Wise, P. M., Bien, N., & Wysocki, C. J. (2008, electronic publication). Two rapid odor threshold methods compared to a modified method of constant stimuli. Chemosensory Perception. DOI 10.1007/s12078-008-9010-8.

Wise, P. M., Hansen, J. L., Reed, D. R., & Breslin, P. A. S. (2007). Twin study of the heritability of recognition thresholds for sour and salty taste. Chemical Senses, 32, 749-754.

Wise, P. M., Toczydlowski, S. E., & Wysocki, C. J. (2007). Temporal integration in nasal lateralization of homologous alcohols. Toxicological Sciences, 99, 254-259.

Wise, P. M., Miyazawa, T., Gallagher, M., & Preti, G. (2007). Human odor detection of homologous carboxylic acids and their binary mixtures. Chemical Senses, 32, 475-482.

Wise, P. M., Canty, T. M., & Wysocki, C. J. (2006). Temporal integration in nasal lateralization of ethanol. Chemical Senses 31, 227-235.

Wise, P. M., Canty, T. M., & Wysocki, C. J. (2005). Temporal integration of nasal irritation from ammonia at threshold and supra-threshold levels. Toxicological Sciences, 87, 223-231.