Performance in a Complex Task and Breathing under Odor Exposure

Human Factors

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 549-562

  Danuser, Brigitta ^a,c,d   Moser, Denise ^b   Vitale Sethre, Tanja ^a   Hirsig, René ^b   Krueger, Helmut ^a,e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ODORS;

ODOR EXPOSURE; SHORT-TERM MEMORY;

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

5,5 DIMETHYL 1,3 CYCLOHEXANEDIONE; AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PENTYL ACETATE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BREATHING; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1442275268     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.45.4.549.27093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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