Asymmetric dominance as a potential source of bias in hedonic testing

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 559-566

  Hayes, John E ^a   DePasquale, David A ^a   Moser, Sydney E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dominance effect; Bitter; Cognitive bias; Food choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955949687     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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