Utilizing the R-index measure for threshold testing in model caffeine solutions

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Robinson, K M ^a   Klein, B P ^a   Lee, S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Method development; R index; Signal detection; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 13244262792     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. ASTM E 679 (2002). Standard practice for determination of odor and taste thresholds by a forced-choice ascending concentration series method of limits. Method E 679. In R.A. Storer et al. (Editorial Staff), 2002 annual book of ASTM standards (Vol. 15.08, pp. 36-40). West Conshohocken: ASTM
2. ASTM E 1432 Standard practice for defining and calculating individual and group sensory thresholds for forced-choice data sets of intermediate size. Method E 1432 In Storer R.A. et al. (Eds.) 2002 annual book of ASTM standards Vol. 15.08 2002 79-86 West Conshohocken ASTM
3. Brown J. Recognition assessed by rating and ranking British Journal of Psychology 65 1 1974 13-22
4. Gescheider G.A. Procedures of TSD In Gescheider G.A. (Ed.) Psychophysics: the fundamentals 3rd ed. 1997 142-165 Lawrence Erlbaum Associates New Jersey
5. Green D.M. Swets J.A. Statistical decision theory and psychophysical procedures In: Green D.M. Swets J.A. (Eds.) Signal detection theory and psychophysics 1966 30-52 John Wiley and Sons Incorporated New York
6. Hopkins J.W. Precision of assessment of palatability of foodstuffs by laboratory panels Canadian Journal of Research F 24 1946 203-214
7. Jellinek G. Threshold tests with substances from the four basic tastes In: Jellinek G. (Ed.) Sensory evaluation of food theory and practice 1985 162-183 Ellis Horwood Limited Chichester, England
8. Knowles D. Johnson P.E. A study of the sensitivities of prospective food judges to the primary tastes Food Research 6 1941 207-216
9. Lawless H.T Heymann H. Measurement of sensory thresholds In: Lawless H.T. Heymann H. (Eds.) Sensory evaluation of food: Principles and practices 1999 173-207 Aspen Publishers Incorporated Gaithersburg
10. McFadden D. Barr A. Young R. Audio analgesia: Lack of a cross-masking effect on taste Perception and Psychophysics 10 3 1971 175-179
11. O'Mahony M. Salt taste sensitivity: A signal detection approach Perception 1 1972 459-464
12. O'Mahony M. Understanding discrimination tests: A user-friendly treatment of response bias, rating and ranking R-index tests and their relationship to signal detection Journal of Sensory Studies 7 1992 1-47
13. Pangborn R.M. Influence of hunger on sweetness preferences and taste thresholds American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 7 1959 280-287
14. Seabourne, N. L. (1999). Bitterness sensitivity and its relationship to food preferences. MS Thesis (pp. 134). University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
15. Thurstone L.L. A law of comparative judgement The Psychological Review 34 1927 273-286
16. Yaminishi T. Bitter compounds in tea In: Rouseff R.L. (Ed.) Bitterness in foods and beverages 1990 159-167 Elsevier New York