Age-associated increases in intensity discrimination for taste

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-381

  Nordin, Steven ^a,b   Razani, L Jill ^a   Markison, Stacy ^a   Murphy, Claire ^a,c,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SALTY TASTE; SOUR TASTE; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; WEBER RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CITRIC ACID; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE;

EID: 0042092059     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730303719     Document Type: Article

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