Individual differences in the chemical senses: Is there a common sensitivity?

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-378

  Lundström, Johan N ^a,b,c   Gordon, Amy R ^a,c   Wise, Paul ^a   Frasnelli, Johannes ^d  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Odor; Taste; Threshold; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 84859829653     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr114     Document Type: Article

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