The nature and duration of adaptation following long-term odor exposure

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 781-792

  Dalton, Pamela ^a   Wysocki, Charles J ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 0030194563     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03213109     Document Type: Article

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