Is there a generalized sweetness sensitivity for an individual? A psychophysical investigation of inter-individual differences in detectability and discriminability for sucrose and fructose

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 239-248

  Peng, Mei ^a   Hautus, Michael J ^b   Oey, Indrawati ^a   Silcock, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fructose; Gustatory physiology; Psychometric function; Sensory discriminability; Sucrose; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; ADOLESCENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; INDIVIDUALITY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; TASTE THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982840998     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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