Temporal processing reveals a mechanism for limiting the capacity of humans to analyze odor mixtures

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-325

  Jinks, A ^a   Laing, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Odor mixture; Temporal processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032755037     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(99)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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