Food color is in the eye of the beholder: The role of human trichromatic vision in food evaluation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Foroni, Francesco ^a,b   Pergola, Giulio ^a,c   Rumiati, Raffaella Ida ^a,d  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d Responsable for National Scientific Habilitation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRIGHTNESS; CALORIE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FOOD COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; VISION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995395360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep37034     Document Type: Article

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