Chemosensory cross-modal stroop effects: Congruent odors facilitate taste identification

Chemical Senses

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-341

  White, Theresa L ^a,b   Prescott, John ^c  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive interference; Flavor; Orthonasal olfaction; Smell

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; SUCROSE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; GRAPEFRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SMELLING; STRAWBERRY; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ODOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASTE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; TASTE;

EID: 34447125095     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm001     Document Type: Article

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