Artin Arshamian's team

The Embodied Perception and Cognition Group studies the olfactory system at the intersection of psychology, culture, neuroscience, and medicine. By leveraging the distinctive features of the sense of smell, we gain insights into how our embodied experiences influence perception and cognition.

Part of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience

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Publications

Selected publications

Article: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 2024;61(4):e14493

Phase-locked breathing does not affect episodic visual recognition memory but does shape its corresponding ERPs.

Schaefer M; Hrysanidis C; Lundström JN; Arshamian A
Review: PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 2023;475(1):119-137

Inconclusive evidence that breathing shapes pupil dynamics in humans: a systematic review.

Schaefer M; Edwards S; Nordén F; Lundström JN; Arshamian A
Editorial comment: NPJ PARKINSONS DISEASE. 2022;8(1):152

Is congenital anosmia protective for Parkinson's disease triggered by pathogenic entrance through the nose?

Arshamian A; Iravani B; Lundström JN
Article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2022;32(9):2061-2066.e3

The perception of odor pleasantness is shared across cultures.

Arshamian A; Gerkin RC; Kruspe N; Wnuk E; Floyd S; O'Meara C; Garrido Rodriguez G; Lundström JN; Mainland JD; Majid A
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2021;118(42):e2101209118

The human olfactory bulb processes odor valence representation and cues motor avoidance behavior.

Iravani B; Schaefer M; Wilson DA; Arshamian A; Lundström JN
Article: NPJ PARKINSONS DISEASE. 2021;7(1):75

A non-invasive olfactory bulb measure dissociates Parkinson's patients from healthy controls and discloses disease duration.

Iravani B; Arshamian A; Schaefer M; Svenningsson P; Lundström JN
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2021;288(1954):20210922

Human sickness detection is not dependent on cultural experience.

Arshamian A; Sundelin T; Wnuk E; O'Meara C; Burenhult N; Rodriguez GG; Lekander M; Olsson MJ; Lasselin J; Axelsson J; Majid A
Article: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2020;375(1800):20190273

Limitations in odour simulation may originate from differential sensory embodiment.

Arshamian A; Manko P; Majid A
Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;11(1):648

Non-invasive recording from the human olfactory bulb.

Iravani B; Arshamian A; Ohla K; Wilson DA; Lundström JN
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2018;38(48):10286-10294

Respiration Modulates Olfactory Memory Consolidation in Humans.

Arshamian A; Iravani B; Majid A; Lundström JN
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7(1):13635

A mammalian blood odor component serves as an approach-avoidance cue across phylum border - from flies to humans.

Arshamian A; Laska M; Gordon AR; Norberg M; Lahger C; Porada DK; Jelvez Serra N; Johansson E; Schaefer M; Amundin M; Melin H; Olsson A; Olsson MJ; Stensmyr M; Lundström JN

Funding

Funders

How does breathing shape perception? – From pupil dilation to active sensing

Swedish Research Council
Does nasal respiration enhance hippocampal-dependent memory in humans?

Swedish Research Council

Members and contact

Group leader

Artin Arshamian
Principal Researcher | Docent

E-mail artin.arshamian@ki.se

All members of the group

Artin Arshamian
Principal Researcher | Docent

E-mail artin.arshamian@ki.se
Reza Ebrahimian Baboukani
Phd Student

E-mail reza.ebrahimian.baboukani@ki.se
Martin Schaefer
Postdoctoral Researcher

E-mail martin.schaefer@ki.se