A comparison of the ability of 8-9-Year-old children and adults to detect taste stimuli

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-197

  James, Catherine E ^a   Laing, David G ^a   Oram, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Age; Bitter; Children; Gender; Salty; Sour; Sweet; Taste; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY;

EID: 0030737561     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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