Effect of Aging on Hedonic Appreciation of Pleasant and Unpleasant Odors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Joussain, Pauline ^a   Thevenet, Marc ^a   Rouby, Catherine ^a   Bensafi, Moustafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PLEASANT ODOR; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SMELLING; UNPLEASANT ODOR; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876538403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061376     Document Type: Article

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