Influence of rational and intuitive thinking styles on food choice: Preliminary evidence from an eye-tracking study with yogurt labels

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-37

  Ares, Gastón ^a,b   Mawad, Franco ^b   Giménez, Ana ^a,b   Maiche, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Eye tracking; Food labels; Front of pack; Nutritional information; Traffic light system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883030404     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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