Smelling odors, understanding actions

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-47

  Tubaldi, Federico ^a   Turella, Luca ^a   Pierno, Andrea C ^a   Grodd, Wolfgang ^b   Tirindelli, Roberto ^c   Castiello, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action; Functional MRI; Multisensory integration; Odor; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SMELLING; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551714191     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470911003691089     Document Type: Article

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