Semantic-free scaling of odor quality

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Stevens, David A ^a   O'Connell, Robert J ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosmia; Androstenone; Anosmia; Olfaction; Pemenone; Scaling; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ALKANONE; ANDROST 16 EN 3 ONE; ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; PEMENONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEMANTICS; SMELLING DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANDROSTENES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYCLOHEXANES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PENTANONES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEMANTICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 0030185510     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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