Normal aging and odor intensity effects on the olfactory event-related potential

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-214

  Covington, James W ^a   Geisler, Mark W ^b   Polich, John ^c   Murphy, Claire ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Concentration; Odor intensity; OERP; Olfactory event related potential; Olfactory stimulus

Indexed keywords

ISOPENTYL ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; SMELLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 0033020810     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(99)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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