The influence of color and label information on flavor perception

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Shankar, Maya U ^a   Levitan, Carmel A ^a   Prescott, John ^b   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Color Flavor Interactions; Expectations; Flavor Perception; Intersensory Conflict; Label Flavor Interactions; Multisensory Integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 67349133538     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-009-9046-4     Document Type: Article

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