Olfactory facilitation of dual-task performance

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-40

  Ho, Cristy ^a   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual task performance; Olfactory; Peppermint; Task difficulty; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

PEPPERMINT;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TOUCH; TRUNK; VELOCITY; VIBRATION; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; ODORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SMELL; TOUCH;

EID: 24044503360     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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