Individual differences in odor imaging ability reflect differences in olfactory and emotional perception

Chemical Senses

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-244

  Bensafi, M ^a,b   Rouby, C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Institut Federatif des Neurosciences de Lyon   (France)

^c CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Emotion; Individual differences; Mental imagery; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EUROPEAN TEST OF OLFACTORY CAPABILITIES; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LONG TERM MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PHYSICAL ANHEDONIA SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SELF REPORT; SMELLING; VIVIDNESS OF OLFACTORY IMAGERY QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; ODORS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247160910     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjl051     Document Type: Article

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