Methods for building an inexpensive computer-controlled olfactometer for temporally-precise experiments

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-189

  Lundström, Johan N ^a,b,c   Gordon, Amy R ^a   Alden, Eva C ^a   Boesveldt, Sanne ^a   Albrecht, Jessica ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ERP; Odor delivery; Olfactometer; Smell

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULUS;

ADULT; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SMELL; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957299001     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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