The influence of auditory cues on the perception of, and responses to, food and drink

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-430

  Spence, Charles ^a   Shankar, Maya U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING; AUDITORY CUES; AUDITORY STIMULI; CONSUMPTION RATES; CROSS-MODAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION; PURE TONES; REAL-WORLD;

AUDITION; WHITE NOISE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77950189479     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2009.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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