I am an assistant professor of experimental psychology at MTSU. I run the Olfaction and Taste (OAT) Lab, where our work focuses on taste, smell, and chemesthesis. I am always looking for interested undergraduates to join the lab; I love training new researchers! Undergraduate research is a great way to get hands-on research training, stand out in your grad school applications, and gain valuable technical and interpersonal skills. Lab meetings are held Tuesdays from 4-5. If you are interested in joining the lab, please email me or stop by my office and I'd be happy to discuss current opportunities with you.

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Gaby, J. M., Bakke, A. J., Baker, A. N., Hopfer, H., & Hayes, J. E. (2020). Individual differences in thresholds and consumer preferences for rotundone added to red wine. Nutrients, 12(9), 2522.

Gaby, J. M., & Tepper, B. J. (2019) A comparison of hedonic and emotional responses to common odors delivered by PODs (Portable Olfactive Devices) and traditional sniff jars. Food Quality and Preference, 0.1016/j.foodqual.2019.103804.

Gaby, J. M., Baker, A. N., & Hayes, J. E. (2019). Vanillin modifies affective responses to but not burning sensations from ethanol in mixtures. Physiology & Behavior, 112668.

Gaby, J. M., & Dalton, P. (2019). Discrimination between individual body odors is unaffected by perfume. Perception, 10.1177/0301006619872055.

Gaby, J. M., & Zayas, V. (2017). Smelling is telling: human olfactory cues influence social judgments in semi-realistic interactions. Chemical Senses, 42(5), 405-418.

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Gaby, J. M. and Hayes, J. E. Fat’s where it’s at: Information framing on milk labels affects expected liking, sensory qualities, and healthfulness of milk in an online survey, 13th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium, July 2019

Gaby, J. M., Baker, A. N., & Hayes, J. E. Adding vanillin to ethanol increases liking but does not affect perceived burn, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), April 2019

Gaby, J. M. and Tepper, B. J. A Comparison of Hedonic and Emotional Responses to Common Odors Delivered by qPODs (Portable Olfactive Devices) and Traditional Sniff Jars, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), April 2018

Gaby, J. M. and Zayas, V. Does The Nose Smell What The Eyes See? Olfactory and Visual Influences on Multimodal Social Interactions, International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT), June 2016

Gaby, J. M. and Zayas, V. Smelling is Telling: Human Olfactory Cues Influence Interpersonal Judgments, Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), January 2016 Also presented at Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), April 2016

Gaby, J., Lundstrom, J. and Dalton, P. Can Learned Responses to Body Odor Affect Human Social Interactions? AChemS Annual Conference, April 2015

Gaby, J. and Zayas, V. Towards a Novel Method for Human Olfactory Research, AChemS Annual Conference, April 2013

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OregonLive, "Can you really attract bae with pheromone perfume? Decoding the science behind this viral trend," February 14, 2024
https://www.oregonlive.com/reckon/2024/02/can-you-really-attract-bae-with-pheromone-perfume-decoding-the-science-behind-this-viral-trend.html

(dis)Connected Podcast (student thesis), “The senses,” December 22, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wui7f_KjO4w&t=5s

International Microorganism Day, Federation of European Microbiological Societies, “Living
and loving microbes,” September 16, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHnQfrikNoQ&t=30710s

NPR &WHYY’s The Pulse, “Is an irresistible human pheromone possible?” June 18, 2021
https://whyy.org/segments/is-an-irresistible-human-pheromone-possible/

Wine Enthusiast Magazine, “Does Craft Beer Snobbery Start and End with Lagers?” by Lily
Waite, December 15, 2020. https://www.winemag.com/2020/12/15/beer-snob-palate-lager/

MTSU On the Record, “Who Put Pepper in My Wine?” November 10, 2020.
https://mtsunews.com/gaby-on-the-record-nov2020/

Refinery29.com, “It’s 2020: Why is the Pumpkin Spice Latte Still Part of the Zeitgeist?” by
Jasmin Malik Chua, August 25, 2020. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/08/9984105/pumpkin-spice-latte-starbucks-trend-history-2020.

Super Awesome Science Show, “This Episode is the Arm(pits)!” July 23, 2019.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5654657/super-awesome-science-show-this-episode-is-the-armpits/

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