The influence of chemical complexity on the perception of multicomponent odor mixtures

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 650-661

  Livermore, Andrew ^a   Laing, David G ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; SMELL;

EID: 0032064575     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206052     Document Type: Article

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