Using sound-taste correspondences to enhance the subjective value of tasting experiences

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Reinoso Carvalho, Felipe ^a,b   Van Ee, Raymond ^b,c,d   Rychtarikova, Monika ^e   Touhafi, Abdellah ^a   Steenhaut, Kris ^a   Persoone, Dominique ^f   Spence, Charles ^g  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^e KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f The Chocolate Line   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

experience design; gastrophysics; music; perception; sound; taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 85114263840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01309     Document Type: Article

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