Stevenson, Richard J.,

The psychology of flavour / Richard J. Stevenson. - viii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Flavour and its function in omnivores -- Themes and organization of the book -- The flavour stimulus - food and drink -- Oral anatomy, mastication and swallowing -- The interoceptive flavour senses - olfaction, gustation and somatosensation -- Types of flavour interaction -- Causes of flavour interaction -- Wholes and parts -- Is flavour a unitary experience? -- Wholes into parts -- Flavour hedonics -- Theory -- Functional approach to flavour -- Issues arising -- Implications -- Future directions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

0199539359 9780199539352


Flavor
Senses and sensation

QP456 / .S74 2009

152.167