Odor-evoked autobiographical memories: Age and gender differences along the life span

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-189

  Zucco, Gesualdo M ^a   Aiello, Lara ^a   Turuani, Laura ^a   K̈ster, Egon ^a  

^a Department of General Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Autobiographical odor memory; Emotion; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; ODOR; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REFERENCE MEMORY; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84855896234     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr089     Document Type: Article

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