The use of repeated exposure and associative conditioning to increase vegetable acceptance in children: Explaining the variability across studies

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1169-1173

  Keller, Kathleen L ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Repeated exposure; Taste preferences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPEATED EXPOSURE; TASTE; TASTE PREFERENCES; VEGETABLE;

CHILDREN; REPEATED EXPOSURE; TASTE PREFERENCES;

CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84904722933     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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