The effect of communication and implicit associations on consuming insects: An experiment in Denmark and Italy

Appetite

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-36

  Verneau, Fabio ^a   La Barbera, Francesco ^a   Kolle, Susanne ^b   Amato, Mario ^a   Del Giudice, Teresa ^a   Grunert, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication; Consumer; Entomophagy; Implicit association test; Insects

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EATING; GENDER; HUMAN; INSECT; INSECT CELL CULTURE; ITALY; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; DENMARK; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTA; ITALY; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958212316     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.006     Document Type: Article

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