Evidence for an olfactory store in working memory?

Psychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-89

  Andrade, Jackie ^a,b   Donaldson, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory load; Odor; Olfaction; Selective interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649017844     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2007.76     Document Type: Article

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