We are what we eat: How food is represented in our mind/brain

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1043-1054

  Rumiati, Raffaella I ^a   Foroni, Francesco ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer dementia; Category specific deficits; Conceptual knowledge; Food perception; Fronto temporal dementia; Object recognition; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; SMELLING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; ODORANTS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84974849274     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-015-0908-2     Document Type: Article

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