A novel experimental approach to episodic memory in humans based on the privileged access of odors to memories

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-31

  Saive, Anne Lise ^a   Ravel, Nadine ^a   Thévenet, Marc ^a   Royet, Jean Pierre ^a   Plailly, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological approach; Human episodic memory; Laboratory based approach; Odor recognition memory; Proust phenomenon; Spatio contextual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY MEMORY; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SMELLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; ODORS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871814727     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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