Perceptual convergence of multi-component mixtures in olfaction implies an olfactory white

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 49, 2012, Pages 19959-19964

  Weiss, Tali ^a   Snitz, Kobi ^a   Yablonka, Adi ^a   Khan, Rehan M ^a   Gafsou, Danyel ^b   Schneidman, Elad ^a   Sobel, Noam ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Via Scent   (Israel)

Author keywords

Odor; Sensory perception; Smell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SMELL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84870625519     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208110109     Document Type: Article

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