Smelling the goodness: Sniffing as a behavioral measure of learned odor hedonics

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 391-400

  Yeomans, Martin R ^a   Prescott, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b TasteMatters Research and Consulting   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Learning; Odor; Sniffing; Taste

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE;

HUMAN; LEARNING; ODOR; TASTE;

HUMANS; LEARNING; ODORANTS; SMELL; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84991039535     PISSN: 23298456     EISSN: 23298464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xan0000120     Document Type: Article

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