Motivating instructions increases children's sensory sensitivity

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 531-538

  Liem, D G ^a,b   Zandstra, E H ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Food; Motivation; Nutrition; Sensory; Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951978432     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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