Olfactory function in children assessed with psychophysical and electrophysiological techniques

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-138

  Hummel, Thomas ^a   Bensafi, Moustafa ^a,b   Nikolaus, Julia ^a   Knecht, Michael ^a   Laing, David G ^c   Schaal, Benoist ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Children; Odor perception; Olfactory event related potentials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMELLING; SNIFFING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SMELL;

EID: 34248208181     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.02.040     Document Type: Article

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