Do trained assessors generalize their knowledge to new stimuli?

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-23

  Chollet, Sylvie ^a   Valentin, Dominique ^b   Abdi, Hervé ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^b CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beer; Cognitive learning; Expertise; Experts; Generalization; Novices; Perceptual learning; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEER; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 5744246773     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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