The multisensory perception of flavor

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1016-1031

  Auvray, Malika ^a   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Flavor; Multisensory perception; Smell; Synesthesia; Taste; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE;

ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EATING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FLAVOR; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MULTISENSORY PERCEPTION; ODOR; REVIEW; SENSORY MEMORY; SWEETNESS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE; THEORY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FOOD; HUMANS; SENSATION; SMELL; TASTE; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 47149115730     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2007.06.005     Document Type: Review

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