Sweet odours and sweet tastes are conflated in memory

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-109

  Stevenson, Richard J ^a   Oaten, Megan J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interaction; Odour; Similarity; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ODOR; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ODORS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SMELL; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952238151     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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