Hot and cold smells: Odor-temperature associations across cultures (Maniq, Thai, Dutch)

This is a dataset of an experimental study examining cross-modal associations between odors and temperatures in three cultures: Maniq (N=11) recruited at a forest campsite in the area of Manang district, Satun, Thai (N=24) recruited at the Ubon Ratchathani University and Kasetsart University (Bangkok), and Dutch (N=24) recruited at the Radboud University (Nijmegen). Participants carried out an odor-to-temperature matching task.

The task was to sniff an odor and match it to a corresponding temperature, i.e., touch a cup filled with either warm or cold water. The task was administered twice, with an average break of 2 hours in between the two blocks, to check for consistency of odor-temperature matches over time. After the matching tasks, participants smelled the odors again and provided smell descriptions in their native languages.