Hedonic judgments of chemical compounds are correlated with molecular size

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3667-3686

  Zarzo, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hedonic valence; Numerical odor profile; Odor character descriptor; Olfaction; Pleasantness; VOC

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; OXYGEN; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEASURE;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODORS; OXYGEN; PLEASURE; SMELL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79953896613     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110403667     Document Type: Article

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