Does Food Color Influence Taste and Flavor Perception in Humans?

Chemosensory Perception - Tập 3 Số 1 - Trang 68-84 - 2010
Charles Spence1, Carmel Levitan2, Maya Shankar1, Massimiliano Zampini3
1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2Cognitive Science Program, Occidental College, Los Angeles, USA
3Center for Mind/Brain Sciences & Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Rovereto (TN), Italy

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