“Smooth operator”: Music modulates the perceived creaminess, sweetness, and bitterness of chocolate

Appetite

Volumn 108, Issue , 2017, Pages 383-390

  Reinoso Carvalho, Felipe ^a,b   van Ee, Raymond ^b,d,e   Persoone, Dominique ^f  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Janice)   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^f The Chocolate Line   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Crossmodal correspondences; Multisensory perception; Music; Sound; Taste

Indexed keywords

BITTER TASTE; CACAO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; SOUND; SWEETNESS; WRITING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOCOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEARING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOCOLATE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PLEASURE; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994351553     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.10.026     Document Type: Article

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