Food pleasantness affects visual selective attention

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 560-571

  di Pellegrino, Giuseppe ^a   Magarelli, Silvia ^a   Mengarelli, Flavia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food; Pleasantness; Reward value; Sensory specific satiety; Visual selective attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951978147     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.504031     Document Type: Article

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