Identification of unpleasant odors is independent of age

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 615-621

  Konstantinidis, Iordanis ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a   Larsson, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Hedonics; Heterogeneity; Odor identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750319937     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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