A comparison of sniff bottle staircase and olfactometer-based threshold tests

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 178-182

  Hayes, J E ^a   Jinks, A L ^b   Stevenson, R J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Method of adjustment; Olfactometer; Sniff bottle; Staircase; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC NOSE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC NOSE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874358878     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0220-2     Document Type: Article

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