The Effect of Verbal Context on Olfactory Perception

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 595-606

  Herz, Rachel S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SMELL;

EID: 0344287526     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.132.4.595     Document Type: Article

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