A bittersweet symphony: Systematically modulating the taste of food by changing the sonic properties of the soundtrack playing in the background

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-204

  Crisinel, Anne Sylvie ^a   Cosser, Stefan ^b   King, Scott ^c   Jones, Russ ^c   Petrie, James ^b   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b The Fat Duck Experimental Kitchen   (United Kingdom)

^c Condiment Junkie ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossmodal correspondence; Sound; Taste

Indexed keywords

CELASTRACEAE;

EID: 83855162804     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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