A Sense So Rare: Measuring Olfactory Experiences and Making a Case for a Process Perspective on Sensory Perception

Biological Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 258-268

  Barwich, Ann Sophie ^a  

^a KLI Institute   (Austria)

Author keywords

Measurement; Olfaction; Realism; Sensory perception; Smell process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911926184     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-014-0165-z     Document Type: Article

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