Tasting liquid shapes: Investigating the sensory basis of cross-modal correspondences

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 80-90

  Deroy, Ophelia ^b   Valentin, Dominique ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross modal correspondences; Flavor; Multisensory interactions; Synesthesia; Taste referral; Vision

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEER; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 80755163183     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-011-9097-1     Document Type: Article

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