Laiquan Zou
Biographic Data
| ID | 4597647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laiquan Zou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laiquan |
| FAMILY NAME | Zou |
| SIGNATURE | ZOU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Medical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4948-036X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The language of scents: A corpus-based study of Chinese perfume descriptions
Olfaction is one of the least explored senses in research, partly due to the difficulty of expressing olfactory experiences through language. While most studies on odor descriptions focus on English-language data, there is limited research on how odors are described in Chinese, particularly in large-scale, corpus-based studies. This study aims to explore the vocabulary and patterns used by Chinese speakers to describe scents. We analyzed 29,372 r…
Sniffing out emotion: Basic emotions elicited by odors in children and adolescents
Odors are closely linked to emotions, yet there is limited understanding of how specific odors elicit emotions in children and adolescents. This study aims to analyze the number and types of important odors reported by children and adolescents and to explore sex- and age-related differences in how specific odors are linked to basic emotions. A total of 197 participants (100 boys, 97 girls) aged 11–17 were asked to name odors that elicit specific …
From perception to concept: A cross-cultural study of olfactory abstract concepts in Mandarin Chinese
Knowledge concepts are acquired through both sensory and language-based experiences. Among these, olfactory abstraction is particularly challenging and often neglected in conceptual research. Mandarin Chinese, spoken by hundreds of millions, has a rich olfactory lexicon. This study explored olfactory abstract concepts from a cross-cultural perspective. We recruited 44 Han and 32 Uyghur participants to complete three experiments: a verbal fluency …
Neural mechanisms of embodied semantic processing in Chinese olfactory metaphors
Embodied semantics proposes that language comprehension involves sensorimotor reactivations, yet the extent of this in olfactory language remains unclear, particularly for Chinese metaphorical expressions. This study investigated the neural mechanisms of literal and metaphorical olfactory language processing in Chinese. Twenty-four native Mandarin speakers underwent fMRI scanning while silently reading sentences with literal and metaphorical olfa…
The scent of mating strategy: Sociosexual orientation was associated with olfaction and body odor sniffing behavior in Chinese and American populations
Human sexuality and mating behaviors have been linked to the subjective importance of olfaction and body odor in one’s life. This study aimed to investigate the relationships between sociosexual orientation, subjective importance of olfaction, and body odor sniffing behavior, and to determine whether there is gender and cultural consistency. 1,904 Chinese college students and additional 861 participants from more general population (410 Chinese a…
Olfactory recognition memory and sensitivity selectively associate with anticipatory but not consummatory pleasure in humans
Olfactory function is closely linked to emotion processing, yet the relationship between olfactory function and human hedonic experiences remains unclear. In this study, 97 healthy young adults participated in assessments of olfactory sensitivity and recognition memory using the standardized Sniffin' Sticks test and the Olfactory Memory Test Battery. Additionally, the olfactory incentive delay task was employed to evaluate the anticipatory and co…
Junk food or healthy food? The relationship between odor identification performance and dietary patterns among children and adolescents
Association of PROP bitter taste sensitivity with anhedonia and emotional eating in the Chinese population
Cogmed: A database for Chinese olfactory and gustatory metaphor
In recent years, metaphors have been used to understand how abstract concepts are processed, and developing metaphorical database can aid this research agenda. Accordingly, the present study aimed to produce a broad Chinese olfactory and gustatory database of metaphors. Expressions for two sensory types (olfaction/gustation) were compiled and classified according to two conditions (metaphorical/literal) and three parts of speech (adjective/noun/v…
Childhood trauma impacts internalizing problems in early adulthood: The affective implications of olfactory dysfunctions
Early detection and prevention of internalizing problems demand a thorough exploration of latent vulnerabilities before clinical symptoms emerge. Limited research attention has been paid to the influence of olfactory perception, a flexible factor intricately linked to emotional processing and external environmental factors. This study sought to examine the mediating role of olfactory function in the relationship between childhood trauma, encompas…
What perfume makes us feel: A self-report evaluation of perfume-related Olfactory Aesthetic Experience Scale
Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory
Variations in olfactory function among bipolar disorder patients with different episodes and subtypes
This may be the first study to compare olfactory function in patients with BD I vs. BD II via pairwise comparisons. Our findings suggest that OS may have potential as a biomarker for distinguishing the different subtypes of BD and as a state-related biomarker for differentiating the acute phase from the euthymic state of BD. However, further prospective research is warranted
Sniffing of Body Odors and Individual Significance of Olfaction Are Associated with Sexual Desire: A Cross-Cultural Study in China, India, and the USA
The Mediating Effect of Alexithymia on the Relationship Between Schizotypal Traits and Sleep Problems Among College Students
A body of research has investigated the relationship between alexithymia and sleep problems, as well as the relationship between schizophrenia and alexithymia. However, there have been few studies on the relationships between the three. The current study explored the relationship between schizotypal traits and sleep problems among college students, and the potential role of alexithymia as a mediator of this relationship. The participants were all…
Early-Onset Schizophrenia Showed Similar but More Severe Olfactory Identification Impairment Than Adult-Onset Schizophrenia
Olfactory identification impairment may be a trait marker of schizophrenia
Chemosensory Anhedonia in Patients With Schizophrenia and Individuals With Schizotypy: A Questionnaire Study
Anhedonia, the loss or decline of the ability to enjoy pleasure, is an important clinical characteristic of schizophrenia. Schizotypal traits refer to the appearance of subclinical symptoms of schizophrenia across normal people. Still, few studies have investigated chemosensory anhedonia in schizophrenia patients and schizotypy individuals. Seventy-one schizophrenia patients (SCZ), 162 schizotypy individuals (SCT) as selected by the Schizotypal P…
Cross-cultural validation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale–21 in China.
The gap between the demand and delivery of mental health services in mainland China can be reduced by validating freely available and psychometrically sound psychological instruments. The present research examined the Chinese version of the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21). Study 1 administered the DASS-21 to 1,815 Chinese college students and found internal consistency indices (Cronbach's alpha) of .83, .80, and .82 for the Dep…
Cross-cultural validation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale–21 in China.
The gap between the demand and delivery of mental health services in mainland China can be reduced by validating freely available and psychometrically sound psychological instruments. The present research examined the Chinese version of the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21). Study 1 administered the DASS-21 to 1,815 Chinese college students and found internal consistency indices (Cronbach's alpha) of .83, .80, and .82 for the Dep…
The Mediating Effect of Alexithymia on the Relationship Between Schizotypal Traits and Sleep Problems Among College Students
A body of research has investigated the relationship between alexithymia and sleep problems, as well as the relationship between schizophrenia and alexithymia. However, there have been few studies on the relationships between the three. The current study explored the relationship between schizotypal traits and sleep problems among college students, and the potential role of alexithymia as a mediator of this relationship. The participants were all…
Early-Onset Schizophrenia Showed Similar but More Severe Olfactory Identification Impairment Than Adult-Onset Schizophrenia
Olfactory identification impairment may be a trait marker of schizophrenia
Chemosensory Anhedonia in Patients With Schizophrenia and Individuals With Schizotypy: A Questionnaire Study
Anhedonia, the loss or decline of the ability to enjoy pleasure, is an important clinical characteristic of schizophrenia. Schizotypal traits refer to the appearance of subclinical symptoms of schizophrenia across normal people. Still, few studies have investigated chemosensory anhedonia in schizophrenia patients and schizotypy individuals. Seventy-one schizophrenia patients (SCZ), 162 schizotypy individuals (SCT) as selected by the Schizotypal P…
Sniffing of Body Odors and Individual Significance of Olfaction Are Associated with Sexual Desire: A Cross-Cultural Study in China, India, and the USA
Variations in olfactory function among bipolar disorder patients with different episodes and subtypes
This may be the first study to compare olfactory function in patients with BD I vs. BD II via pairwise comparisons. Our findings suggest that OS may have potential as a biomarker for distinguishing the different subtypes of BD and as a state-related biomarker for differentiating the acute phase from the euthymic state of BD. However, further prospective research is warranted
Cogmed: A database for Chinese olfactory and gustatory metaphor
In recent years, metaphors have been used to understand how abstract concepts are processed, and developing metaphorical database can aid this research agenda. Accordingly, the present study aimed to produce a broad Chinese olfactory and gustatory database of metaphors. Expressions for two sensory types (olfaction/gustation) were compiled and classified according to two conditions (metaphorical/literal) and three parts of speech (adjective/noun/v…
Childhood trauma impacts internalizing problems in early adulthood: The affective implications of olfactory dysfunctions
Early detection and prevention of internalizing problems demand a thorough exploration of latent vulnerabilities before clinical symptoms emerge. Limited research attention has been paid to the influence of olfactory perception, a flexible factor intricately linked to emotional processing and external environmental factors. This study sought to examine the mediating role of olfactory function in the relationship between childhood trauma, encompas…
What perfume makes us feel: A self-report evaluation of perfume-related Olfactory Aesthetic Experience Scale
Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory
The scent of mating strategy: Sociosexual orientation was associated with olfaction and body odor sniffing behavior in Chinese and American populations
Human sexuality and mating behaviors have been linked to the subjective importance of olfaction and body odor in one’s life. This study aimed to investigate the relationships between sociosexual orientation, subjective importance of olfaction, and body odor sniffing behavior, and to determine whether there is gender and cultural consistency. 1,904 Chinese college students and additional 861 participants from more general population (410 Chinese a…
Olfactory recognition memory and sensitivity selectively associate with anticipatory but not consummatory pleasure in humans
Olfactory function is closely linked to emotion processing, yet the relationship between olfactory function and human hedonic experiences remains unclear. In this study, 97 healthy young adults participated in assessments of olfactory sensitivity and recognition memory using the standardized Sniffin' Sticks test and the Olfactory Memory Test Battery. Additionally, the olfactory incentive delay task was employed to evaluate the anticipatory and co…
Junk food or healthy food? The relationship between odor identification performance and dietary patterns among children and adolescents
Association of PROP bitter taste sensitivity with anhedonia and emotional eating in the Chinese population
The language of scents: A corpus-based study of Chinese perfume descriptions
Olfaction is one of the least explored senses in research, partly due to the difficulty of expressing olfactory experiences through language. While most studies on odor descriptions focus on English-language data, there is limited research on how odors are described in Chinese, particularly in large-scale, corpus-based studies. This study aims to explore the vocabulary and patterns used by Chinese speakers to describe scents. We analyzed 29,372 r…
Sniffing out emotion: Basic emotions elicited by odors in children and adolescents
Odors are closely linked to emotions, yet there is limited understanding of how specific odors elicit emotions in children and adolescents. This study aims to analyze the number and types of important odors reported by children and adolescents and to explore sex- and age-related differences in how specific odors are linked to basic emotions. A total of 197 participants (100 boys, 97 girls) aged 11–17 were asked to name odors that elicit specific …
From perception to concept: A cross-cultural study of olfactory abstract concepts in Mandarin Chinese
Knowledge concepts are acquired through both sensory and language-based experiences. Among these, olfactory abstraction is particularly challenging and often neglected in conceptual research. Mandarin Chinese, spoken by hundreds of millions, has a rich olfactory lexicon. This study explored olfactory abstract concepts from a cross-cultural perspective. We recruited 44 Han and 32 Uyghur participants to complete three experiments: a verbal fluency …
Neural mechanisms of embodied semantic processing in Chinese olfactory metaphors
Embodied semantics proposes that language comprehension involves sensorimotor reactivations, yet the extent of this in olfactory language remains unclear, particularly for Chinese metaphorical expressions. This study investigated the neural mechanisms of literal and metaphorical olfactory language processing in Chinese. Twenty-four native Mandarin speakers underwent fMRI scanning while silently reading sentences with literal and metaphorical olfa…
Psychology (15 works) · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (14 works) · Neuroscience (10 works) · Olfaction (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works)