What can cognitive psychology and sensory evaluation learn from each other?

Two questions are addressed in this paper: What can cognitive psychology bring to sensory evaluation? And what can cognitive psychology learn from sensory evaluation? In the first part, I will argue that one important contribution from psychology to sensory evaluation is to interpret flavor as a cog...

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Published in:Food quality and preference 2002-10, Vol.13 (7), p.445-451
Main Author: Abdi, Hervé
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cognitive psychology
Expertise
Face processing
Flavor
Food industries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Halo-dumping
Methods of analysis, processing and quality control, regulation, standards
Odor
Odor/taste interaction
Olfaction
Orbitofrontal cortex
Sensory evaluation
Sensory integration
Smell
Synesthesia
Taste
Trigeminal system
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Summary:Two questions are addressed in this paper: What can cognitive psychology bring to sensory evaluation? And what can cognitive psychology learn from sensory evaluation? In the first part, I will argue that one important contribution from psychology to sensory evaluation is to interpret flavor as a cognitively unified system made of three anatomically separated systems (smell, taste, and the trigeminal system). In the second part, I will argue that the applied field of sensory evaluation stresses the importance of using ecologically valid, naturalistic stimuli. Sensory evaluation also provides results that challenge accepted interpretations in psychology, especially in the field of evaluation of expertise.
ISSN:0950-3293
1873-6343
DOI:10.1016/S0950-3293(02)00038-1