The influence of odor type on the discrimination and identification of odorants in multicomponent odor mixtures

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-320

  Livermore, Andrew ^a   Laing, D G ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Human; Identification; Mixture; Odor; Olfaction; Quality

Indexed keywords

2,5 XYLENOL; ALLYL SULFIDE; BENZALDEHYDE; BUTYRIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CINNAMALDEHYDE; EXALTOLIDE; FURANIOL; GAMMA NONALACTONE; HEXANOL; LIMONENE; MANDARIN ALDEHYDE; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SKATOLE; STYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031766120     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00168-1     Document Type: Article

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