Labeled magnitude scales for oral sensations of wetness, dryness, pleasantness and unpleasantness

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-352

  Guest, Steve ^a   Essick, Greg ^b   Patel, Akshya ^a   Prajapati, Rajan ^a   McGlone, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Curriculum in Neurobiology   (United States)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hedonics; Labeled magnitude scale; Magnitude estimation; Oral sensation; Sensory scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750220807     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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