Explicit sensory training improves the olfactory sensitivity of wine experts

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-213

  Tempere, S ^a,b   Cuzange, E ^a,b   Bougeant, J C ^c   De Revel, G ^a,b   Sicard, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Lyon University   (France)

^d Mediterranée University   (France)

Author keywords

Detection threshold; Hyposmia; Sensitivity; Training; Wine experts

Indexed keywords

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; LINALOOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLICIT SENSORY TRAINING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKILL; TRAINING; WINE; WINE TASTING EXPERT;

EID: 84864704665     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-012-9120-1     Document Type: Article

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