Looks like chicken: Exploring the law of similarity in evaluation of foods of animal origin and their vegan substitutes

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-59

  Adise, Shana ^a   Gavdanovich, Irina ^b   Zellner, Debra A ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Danger; Disgust; Law of similarity; Liking; Vegan foods; Vegan substitutes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84913553854     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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