Sucrose detection and the stability of the 2-AFC procedure in the presence of a confounding variable

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 600-613

  Shepherd, Daniel ^a   Quek, Siew Young ^a   Pathirana, Sreeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 52349096527     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2008.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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