Emotion, olfaction, and age: A comparison of self-reported food-evoked emotion profiles of younger adults, older normosmic adults, and older hyposmic adults

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 199-209

  den Uijl, Louise C ^a   Jager, Gerry ^a   de Graaf, Cees ^a   Meiselman, Herbert L ^b   Kremer, Stefanie ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Herb Meiselman Training and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

EsSense Profile ; Older hyposmic adults; Older normosmic adults; Olfactory impairment; Self reported food evoked emotions; Younger adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943619332     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.09.011     Document Type: Article

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