Taste enhancement of alcohol under 'masking' conditions, and some limits to Stevens' power law

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-126

  Standing, Lionel G ^a   McKelvie, Stuart J ^a   Décarie, Maryline J ^a,b   Bazar, Jennifer L ^a,c   Clarke, Kenneth A ^a,d  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ontario Early Years Centre of Perth Middlesex   (Canada)

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