Attention to olfaction. A psychophysical investigation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 432-437

  Spence, Charles ^a   McGlone, Francis P ^b,e   Kettenmann, Birgit ^e   Kobal, Gerd ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Attention; Cross modal; Human; Olfactory; Visual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035009503     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100713     Document Type: Article

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