Odor perception in alexithymic patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 135-138

  Lombion, Sandrine ^a   Bechetoille, Blandine ^b   Nezelof, Sylvie ^a,b   Millot, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Emotion; Olfaction; Pleasantness

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODORS; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952091680     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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