The number of olfactory stimuli that humans can discriminate is still unknown

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue JULY 2015, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Gerkin, Richard C ^a   Castro, Jason B ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY STIMULATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SMELLING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FRAGRANCE;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODORANTS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 84937435193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.08127     Document Type: Article

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