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EXPLORATION OF THE SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF CRAVED AND AVERSIVE FOODS
Author(s) -
BLANK DEIDRE M.,
MATTES RICHARD D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of sensory studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1745-459X
pISSN - 0887-8250
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-459x.1990.tb00489.x
Subject(s) - wine tasting , sensory system , psychology , taste , aversive stimulus , disgust , cognitive psychology , audiology , communication , developmental psychology , food science , social psychology , neuroscience , medicine , biology , anger , wine
. This research examined the sensory characteristics of craved and aversive foods, as determined by 70 healthy adults. Cravings and aversions were identified by 66% and 53% of subjects. Typically, cravings were intermittent, and the items were sweet tasting and pleasant smelling. In contrast, aversions were chronic, and the items were described as either bitter or bad (e.g., soapy, mealy, dusty) tasting, and exhibiting an unpleasant smell. Chemesthetic attributes were frequently associated with cravings and aversions, particularly texture and thermal sensations with the former whereas texture and irritating sensations were associated with the latter. The findings suggest that sensory characteristics of foods may provide salient cues for the formation of cravings and aversions.