Comparing sensory experiences across individuals: Recent psychophysical advances illuminate genetic variation in taste perception

Chemical Senses

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 447-460

  Bartoshuk, L M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TECHNIQUE; VISCOSITY;

CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 0033870723     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/25.4.447     Document Type: Review

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