Odor naming methodology: Correct identification with multiple-choice versus repeatable identification in a free task

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-27

  Sulmont Rossé, Claire ^a   Issanchou, Sylvie ^a   Koster E P ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Free identification; Multiple choice identification; Odor; Repeatability; Veridical label

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FRAGRANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CUE; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 22344451925     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh252     Document Type: Article

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