Mere exposure and flavour-flavour learning increase 2-3year-old children's acceptance of a novel vegetable

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1152-1159

  Hausner, Helene ^a   Olsen, Annemarie ^a   Møller, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acceptance learning; Associative conditioning; Children; Exposure; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FLAVOR FLAVOR LEARNING; FLAVOR NUTRIENT LEARNING; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84859339113     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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