Autonomic nervous system responses to sweet taste: Evidence for habituation rather than pleasure

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 994-999

  Leterme, A ^a   Brun, L ^b   Dittmar, A ^c   Robin, O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Habituation; Pleasure; Sweet taste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN POTENTIAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY;

EID: 40849106787     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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