The implicit association between odors and illness

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-119

  Bulsing, Patricia J ^a   Smeets, Monique A M ^a   Van den Hout, Marcel A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health; Implicit association test; Implicit attitude; Implicit measure; Indirect measure; Odor perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYMPTOM;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349111463     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn062     Document Type: Article

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