Volume 30 #2

Contents

1. Results and future trends of sensory perception researches with the use of focused ultrasound
2. Auditory detection and classification of amplitude modulation: psychophysical and electrophysiological data
3. Features of speech describing tactile perceived fragmentary images by teenagers with normal and impaired vision
4. Spatial resolution of human auditory system in case of localization of approaching and withdrawing continuous and broken sound images
5. Age-dependent dynamic of sensitivity to androstenone in females
6. The reactions of the ensemble of the auditory nerve fibers in the growth of loudness and intensity discrimination of the efficient pulses presented before and after the disturb pulses

Age-dependent dynamic of sensitivity to androstenone in various concentrations was studied in females. Vanilline was used as a neutral odorous substance. It was shown that in sexually immature girls sensitivity to androstenone was significantly lower than in those of prepuberial age or sexually mature women. Sensitivity to this odor is increasing while girls are approaching to the puberty. On the contrary, olfactory sensitivity to vanilline is not age-related. Differences in androstenone reception in corresponding groups of boys are discussed.

Key words: olfactory sensitivity, androstenone, age-dependent groups, females, anosmia

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