Affective same-different discrimination tests for assessing consumer discriminability between milks with subtle differences

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-438

  Chae, Ji Eun ^a   Lee, Young Mi ^a   Lee, Hye Seong ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Affective and analytical discrimination; Cognitive strategy; Consumer sensory difference test; Familiarizations; ROC curve; Same different rating

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149169652     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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