Alcoholic beverage strength discrimination by taste may have an upper threshold

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2460-2467

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a,b,c   Kanteres, Fotis ^d   Rehm, Jürgen ^c,e,f  

^a Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt CVUA Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Independent Researcher   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Discrimination test; Organoleptic classification; Sensory analysis; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZOIC ACID; THIOUREA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT ERROR; ORANGE JUICE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; VODKA; WHEAT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TASTE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 84919692358     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12511     Document Type: Article

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