Extrinsic information influences taste and flavor perception: A review from psychological and neuroimaging perspectives

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-255

  Okamoto, Masako ^a   Dan, Ippeita ^b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumer psychology; Electroencephalography; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gustation; Human brain mapping; Magnetoencephalography; Near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; FLAVOR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE;

EID: 84875596731     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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