Individual differences in sour and salt sensitivity: Detection and quality recognition thresholds for citric acid and sodium chloride

Chemical Senses

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-342

  Wise, Paul M ^a   Breslin, Paul A S ^a,b  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Salty; Sensitivity; Sour; Taste phenotype

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALTINESS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOUR TASTE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE ACUITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; CITRIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876827343     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjt003     Document Type: Article

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