Understanding the role of personality and alexithymia in food preferences and PROP taste perception

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 72-78

  Robino, Antonietta ^a   Mezzavilla, Massimo ^a,b   Pirastu, Nicola ^a,b   La Bianca, Martina ^a   Gasparini, Paolo ^a,b   Carlino, Davide ^c   Tepper, Beverly J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Sanatorio Triestino   (Italy)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Food preferences; Personality traits; PROP responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 2;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHEESE; CONDIMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE; TEMPERAMENT; VEGETABLE; ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXERCISE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956626500     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.022     Document Type: Article

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