Dissociated neural representations of intensity and valence in human olfaction

A.K. Anderson; K. Christoff; I. Stappen; D. Panitz; D. G. Ghahremani; G. Glover; J.D.E. Gabrieli; N. Sobel

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Dissociated neural representations of intensity and valence in human olfaction

A.K. Anderson K. Christoff I. Stappen D. Panitz D. G. Ghahremani G. Glover J.D.E. Gabrieli N. Sobel

Nature Neuroscience Vol. 6 No. 2 pp. 196-202 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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A.K. Anderson, K. Christoff, I. Stappen, et al. (2003). Dissociated neural representations of intensity and valence in human olfaction. Nature Neuroscience, 6(2), 196-202. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1001

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