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SOURNESS AND BITTERNESS: CONFUSIONS OVER SEQUENCES OF TASTE JUDGEMENTS
Author(s) -
GREGSON R. A. M.,
BAKER A. F. H.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1973.tb01328.x
Subject(s) - taste , psychology , perception , chemistry , citric acid , cognitive psychology , communication , social psychology , food science , neuroscience
Confusions between bitterness and acidity in the perception of three taste stimuli ‐ quinine sulphate, citric acid and disodium‐5î‐guanylate ‐ were examined over the near‐threshold range in 45 subjects, using an extended ascending series procedure and intensity ratio estimations. Individual differences, and the effects of reference information, were marked. The results are interpreted in terms of a cosine model of qualitative confusions.