Could olfactory displays improve data visualization?

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 80-83

  Washburn, Donald A ^a   Jones, Lauriann M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; HUMAN INFORMATION-PROCESSING LIMIT; OLFACTION; SCENTAIR TECHNOLOGIES (CO); SMELL; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (VE);

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; ODORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 8644274746     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2004.66     Document Type: Review

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