Sex differences in recollective experience for olfactory and verbal information

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-103

  Larsson, Maria ^a,b   Lövdén, Martin ^a   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Odor memory; Recognition memory; Recollective experience; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SMELL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037208825     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(02)00092-6     Document Type: Article

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