Mirror sniffing: Humans mimic olfactory sampling behavior

Chemical Senses

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 277-281

  Arzi, Anat ^a   Shedlesky, Limor ^a   Secundo, Lavi ^a   Sobel, Noam ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contagious behavior; Mimicry; Mirror behavior; Mirror neurons; Sniffing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; SMELLING; SNIFFING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898472958     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjt113     Document Type: Article

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