Confusing tastes and smells: How odours can influence the perception of sweet and sour tastes

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 627-635

  Stevenson, Richard J ^b   Prescott, John ^a   Boakes, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEETNESS; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032748659     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.6.627     Document Type: Article

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