'Striking a sour note': Assessing the influence of consonant and dissonant music on taste perception

Multisensory Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3, 2016, Pages 195-208

  Wang, Qian ^a   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossmodal correspondences; Harmony; Hedonic correspondences; Taste

Indexed keywords

FRUIT JUICES; INTERNET; SOUND RECORDING;

BACKGROUND MUSICS; CROSS-MODAL; HARMONIC CONTENTS; HARMONY; HEDONIC CORRESPONDENCES; INTERNET BASED; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTIONS;

LINGUISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959870504     PISSN: 22134794     EISSN: 22134808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22134808-00002505     Document Type: Article

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