Olfactory P3 in young and older adults

Psychophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-287

  Morgan, Charlie D ^a   Geisler, Mark W ^b   Covington, James W ^e   Polich, John ^c   Murphy, Claire ^b,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Age; OERP; Olfactory stimulus; P3; Single stimulus paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; SMELL;

EID: 0032911603     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577299980265     Document Type: Article

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