Sensory Measurements: Coordination and Standardization

Biological Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 200-211

  Barwich, Ann Sophie ^a   Chang, Hasok ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circularity; Coordination; Epistemic iteration; Measurement; Olfaction; Psychophysics; Reliability; Sensory perception; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949975838     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-015-0222-2     Document Type: Article

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