Handedness is a determining factor in lateralized olfactory discrimination

Chemical Senses

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 541-544

  Hummel, T ^a   Mohammadian, P ^b   Kobal, G ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BUTANOLS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 0031687081     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/23.5.541     Document Type: Article

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