Do blind persons have a better sense of smell than normal sighted people?;Können blinde besser riechen als normalsichtige?

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 219, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 649-654

  Schwenn, Oliver ^a   Hundorf, Inga ^a   Moll, Bertram ^a   Pitz, Susanne ^a   Mann, Wolf J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blindness; Olfactory and trigeminal evoked potentials; Smelling ability; Sniffin' sticks

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; VANILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OLFACTORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED TRIGEMINAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMELLING;

EID: 18644364932     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35167     Document Type: Article

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