Age-related changes in odor discrimination

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Stevenson, Richard J ^a   Mahmut, Mehmet ^a   Sundqvist, Nina ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Children; Discrimination; Familiar odors; Learning; Odor; Olfaction; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846036926     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.253     Document Type: Article

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