Differential sex effects in olfactory functioning: The role of verbal processing

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 691-698

  Öberg, Christina ^a,b   Larsson, Maria ^a,b   Bäckman, Lars ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Identification; Olfaction; Recognition memory; Sex; Verbal processing

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMELL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036638435     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617702801424     Document Type: Article

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