Comparison of performance in the A-Not A, 2-AFC, and same-different tests for the flavor discrimination of margarines: The effect of cognitive decision strategies

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 920-928

  Lee, H S ^a,b   van Hout, D ^a   Hautus, M J ^c  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

2 AFC; A Not A; d ; Familiarization; Flavor discrimination; R index; Retasting; Same different; Tau and beta strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248522789     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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