Same same but different: The case of olfactory imagery

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Arshamian, Artin ^a   Larsson, Maria ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparative; Consciousness; Expertise; Imagery; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897601055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00034     Document Type: Article

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