On the dimensionality of odor space

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue JULY 2015, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Meister, Markus ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ODOR RECOGNITION TEST; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SMELLING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FRAGRANCE;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODORANTS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 84937403146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.07865     Document Type: Article

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