Preconceptions of taste based on color

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-242

  Koch, Christopher ^a   Koch, Eric C ^b  

^a GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141865678     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980309600611     Document Type: Article

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