A fruity note: Crossmodal associations between odors and musical notes

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-158

  Crisinel, Anne Sylvie ^a   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossmodal associations; Musical notes; Odors; Pitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WINE;

EID: 84855875735     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr085     Document Type: Article

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