Perceptual learning with odors: Implications for psychological accounts of odor quality perception

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 708-712

  Stevenson, Richard J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; PSYCHOLOGY; SMELL;

EID: 0035754060     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196207     Document Type: Article

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