Visual attention toward food-item images can vary as a function of background saliency and culture: An eye-tracking study

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-179

  Zhang, Baoyue ^a   Seo, Han Seok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Background saliency; Culture; Eye tracker; Food image; Impulse buying; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920280491     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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