Right Orbitofrontal Cortex Mediates Conscious Olfactory Perception

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1454-1463

  Li, Wen ^a   Lopez, Leonardo ^b   Osher, Jason ^b   Howard, James D ^b   Parrish, Todd B ^b   Gottfried, Jay A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consciousness; lesion; olfactory perception; orbitofrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURY; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUE; SMELLING DISORDER;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FRONTAL LOBE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY RATE; SMELL;

EID: 78650015829     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610382121     Document Type: Article

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