Investigations on multimodal sensory integration: Texture, taste, and ortho- and retronasal olfactory stimuli in concert

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-10

  Bult, Johannes H F ^a   de Wijk, Rene A ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flavour; Multimodal interaction; Odour; Oral texture; Stimulus congruency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CREAM; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; SWALLOWING; TASTE; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SMELL; TASTE; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 33750970002     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.036     Document Type: Article

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