Automated electrogustometry: A new paradigm for the estimation of taste detection thresholds

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-125

  Stillman, J A ^a   Morton, R P ^b   Goldsmith, D ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eletrogustometry; Hemispheric specialization; Taste detection threshold

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TASTE ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0034049275     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2000.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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