Rating and recognition of peers' personal odors by 9-year-old children: An exploratory study

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-64

  Mallet, Pascal ^a   Schaal, Benoist ^b  

^a Inst National d'Etude du Travail et d'Orientation Professionnelle du Conservatoire National des Art   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFUME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY; ODOR; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY; ODORS; PEER GROUP; PERFUME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031627545     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309809595576     Document Type: Article

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