Increasing saltiness perception through perceptual constancy created by expectation

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-28

  Dijksterhuis, Garmt ^a,b   Boucon, Claire ^a   Le Berre, Elodie ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Expectation; Perceptual constancy; Saltiness; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891809369     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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