Odors are expressible in language, as long as you speak the right language

Cognition

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 266-270

  Majid, Asifa ^a,c   Burenhult, Niclas ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aslian; Color; Cross cultural; Jahai; Olfaction; Olfactory naming

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; THINNER; TURPENTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANANA; BRIGHTNESS; CACAO; CINNAMON; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LEMON; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; ONION; PINEAPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSE; SMELLING; SMOKE; TASTE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT; COLOR VISION; CULTURAL FACTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890647722     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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