Effects of perceived and imagined odors on taste detection

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-208

  Djordjevic, Jelena ^a   Zatorre, R J ^a   Jones Gotman, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Odor imagery; Taste smell interactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING AND TASTE; SWEETNESS; TASTE; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULATION; STRAWBERRY;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

SUCROSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FRAGARIA; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; ODORS; PILOT PROJECTS; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 6044240504     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh022     Document Type: Article

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