The role of congruency and pleasantness in odor-induced taste enhancement

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-105

  Schifferstein, Hendrik N J ^a   Verlegh, Peeter W J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Olfactory perception; Preferences; Psychophysics; Stimulus similarity; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TASTE;

ADULT; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SMELL; TASTE;

EID: 0030266972     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(95)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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