Olfactory perception is positively linked to anxiety in young adults

Perception

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1246-1261

  Havlíček, Jan ^a   Nováková, Lenka ^a   Vondrová, Marta ^a   Kuběna, Aleš A ^a   Valentová, Jaroslava ^a   Craig Roberts, S ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big five; Odour; Odour discrimination; Olfactory identification; Personality; Sniffin' sticks; Threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871590428     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7244     Document Type: Article

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