Perceptual, affective, and cognitive judgments of odors: Pleasantness and handedness effects

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 270-275

  Bensafi, Moustafa ^a   Rouby, Catherine ^a   Farget, Vincent ^a   Bertrand, Bernard ^a   Vigouroux, Michel ^a   Holley, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Handedness; Odor; Pleasantness judgment; Response time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MOOD DISORDER; NOSE CARTILAGE; ODOR; ODOR CONTROL; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SMELLING; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

EID: 0037392537     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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